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UAE Lifts Travel Ban to 12 African Countries for Vaccinated Citizens

The United Arab Emirates announced that it will lift a travel ban to 12 African countries for citizens who are fully vaccinated, state news agency WAM said on Friday. The countries include Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Fully…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ethiopia's holy town of Lalibela struggles to heal wounds of war

The bedframes where sleepy pilgrims used to rest at the Cliff Edge Hotel lie twisted under the sky, blood spatters the hotel kitchen and a lone picture of a priest hangs on a crumbling wall.

Reuters

UN chief urges Ethiopia combatants to observe Olympic Truce

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is making “the strongest possible appeal” to all combatants in Ethiopia to observe the Olympic Truce and halt hostilities

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Ethiopian Airlines completes first 737 MAX flight since 2019 crash

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday flew the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years ago killed all 157 people on board and triggered the global grounding of the aircraft.

AFP

Millions at risk as drought threatens the Horn of Africa

Drought threatens millions of people in the Horn of Africa region

The Independent UK

Ethiopian Airlines to resume 737 MAX flights after 2019 crash

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Ethiopian Airlines is set Tuesday to operate the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years ago killed all 157 people on board and triggered the global grounding of the aircraft.

AFP

UAE, Ethiopia Discuss Regional Developments, Peacemaking in Horn of Africa

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at al-Watan Palace. The two officials discussed cooperation, joint work, and ways to enhance ties between the two countries various fields to advance their…

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Eritrea is involved in Tigray to boost its stature. Why the strategy could backfire

The Eritrean military has been involved in the war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region since the conflict broke out in November 2020. Eritrea shares a 1,000 km border with Ethiopia, including with Tigray. It sent thousands of soldiers in support of the Ethiopian federal forces in their operations against the Tigray…

The Conversation

‘We pray for rain’: Ethiopia faces catastrophic hunger as cattle perish in severe drought

Animal carcasses litter the land in areas where the rains have failed, as millions go without enough food and water in a country already grappling with civil war

The Guardian - UK

Ethiopian prime minister in UAE as Tigray war rages on

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has traveled to the United Arab Emirates on a state visit amid his country’s ongoing war against Tigray rebels

The Independent UK

‘We just sleep and hope we don’t perish’: 2m in Tigray in urgent need of food – UN

Aid workers call for ‘humanitarian pause’ so crucial supplies can be delivered, after first assessment of hunger in the region since war broke out

The Guardian - UK

Almost 40% of Tigrayans suffer ‘extreme lack of food’, WFP warns

Agency sounds alarm about record 9 million people in need of food aid across northern Ethiopia’s 3 conflict-hit regions.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 40 percent of Tigrayans face 'extreme lack of food': UN

Addis Ababa (AFP) - Nearly 40 percent of people in Ethiopia's Tigray are suffering "an extreme lack of food" in the face of an extended de-facto blockade of the war-hit region, a UN agency said Friday.

AFP

Nearly 40% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray lack adequate food - WFP

Fifteen months of war have left nearly 40% of the people in Ethiopia's Tigray region without enough food as aid groups struggle to reach cut-off areas, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday.

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The Independent UK

UN: 'Extreme lack of food' for many in Ethiopia's Tigray

The United Nations World Food Program says more than a third of the people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “are suffering an extreme lack of food.”

The Conversation

WHO head Tedros faces a challenge all humanitarians know well

In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) appointed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as its director general. He’s the first African and the first person from the global south to occupy this high office.

The Independent UK

Report: 5,000-plus deaths under Ethiopia's Tigray blockade

Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region over a four-month period last year, including more than 350 young children, a new report by the region’s health bureau says

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Report: 5,000-Plus Deaths under Ethiopia’s Tigray Blockade

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UAE to lift entry, transit ban on passengers from 12 African countries

The United Arab Emirates will lift an entry and transit ban on on Saturday on travellers who had recently visited South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ethiopia and eight other African countries.

Reuters

Ethiopia's cabinet approves lifting of state of emergency

Ethiopia's cabinet on Wednesday approved the lifting of a six-month state of emergency ahead of its expiration in light of changing security conditions in the country, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office said in a statement.

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Cairo Says Keen to Resume Talks over GERD ‘As Soon As Possible’

Egypt has reiterated keenness to resume talks “as soon as possible" with Ethiopia and Sudan on the mega-dam Addis Ababa is building on the Blue Nile. It called for reaching a legally binding agreement that achieves the three countries’ interests and maintains regional stability. The dispute was sparked in 2011…

The Independent UK

WHO chief makes case for 2nd term as Ethiopia criticizes him

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has laid out more plans to fight the virus and other priorities as he pitched his case for a new five-year term

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia slams WHO chief at international meeting over Tigray comments

An Ethiopian ambassador slammed the World Health Organization's chief over his comments on the Tigray conflict, during the WHO's executive board meeting in Geneva.

The Conversation

US trade pact suspensions: what it means for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea

Three African countries’ manufacturers have lost their tariff-free access to the US market this year. This follows the US decision in November last year to suspend Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The reason given for the decision was that it was in response to…

The Guardian - UK

UN data reveals ‘nearly insurmountable’ scale of lost schooling due to Covid

Up to 70% of 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries lack basic reading skills, with learning losses seen from US to Ethiopia

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