Highlights Increasing energy and food prices continue to challenge the fragile economies of the region by putting an additional burden on the most vulnerable households. The price of a local food basket has increased by 46.4 percent over the past twelve months. Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan continued to record the most expensive food baskets […]
October 4, 2022 (ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia): The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Regional meeting deliberated on the road map of Harmonization of Remittance Policies project in the member states, today in Addis Ababa. The objective of the two-day meeting is to deliberate on the road map of […]
ABSTRACT The combined evaluation of the European Union’s humanitarian interventions in the Horn of Africa, 2012-2016, and DG ECHO’s partnership with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is drawn on evidence from desk research, data analysis, interviews, field missions, focus groups and workshops, to provide a retrospective assessment and propose strategic recommendations. The […]
OVERVIEW Gender Based Violence, and Conflict Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) remain key concerns in communities affected by conflicts, drought, and floods in Ethiopia. Most of the data on sexual violence in conflict-affected areas is a reflection of the CRSV. People in need (PiN) of GBV response increased to 5.8M in 2022 from 3.5M in 2021, […]
Kenya’s newly elected president, William Ruto, arrived in Addis Ababa today for his first official visit. At Bole International Airport, the Kenyan President was cordially welcomed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and other top government representatives. Source: Ethiopian Embassy UK
Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. AIR AND DRONE STRIKES KILL DOZENS OF CIVILIANS IN ETHIOPIA’S NORTHERN TIGRAY REGION Dozens of civilians have been killed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as airstrikes have […]