AllAfrica News: Ethiopia

16 januari 2022

• Ethiopia On Edge of Humanitarian Disaster, UN Agency Says
  [VOA] Geneva -- The World Food Program warns Ethiopia is on the edge of a humanitarian disaster as escalating fighting in the north is preventing the delivery of needed food from reaching millions of people in battle-scarred Tigray province.
• Gondar Readies to Welcome Epiphany Guests
  [Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - All the preparation has been finalized to colorfully mark the Ethiopian Epiphany (Timket) in Gondar city of the Amhara State with the great attendance of the Diaspora community, the Ministry of Tourism disclosed.
• Young Entrepreneurs' Effort Is Promising to Tackle the Employment Challenge
  [Ethiopian Herald] Scholars agree that young entrepreneurs can be part of the solution to the national employment challenge if they get strong support and encouragement from the government and the general public. They also recommend that there are countless ways to set up young entrepreneurs for success.
• Prefabricated Houses for Broadening Housing Option
  [Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is the second-most populous and the least urbanized nation in Africa. Nevertheless, the growth of urbanization, along with population growth, has been increasing at an alarming rate. Hence, the growing population and rapid rate of urbanization have placed ample pressure on housing, particularly amongst the lower-income people of the cities.
• Ethiopia Wants WHO to Investigate Tedros Over Tigray Remarks
  [DW] Ethiopia's government has accused the head of the UN's health agency of interfering in its internal affairs. Separately, another UN body warned that the Tigray region is on "the edge of a major humanitarian disaster."
• Ethiopia At Crossroads As Drone Attacks Worsen Tigray Crisis
  [DW] While drone attacks kill dozens of people in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed continues to push for national dialogue to end the conflict. Will his plan succeed?
• Drought Hits More Woredas in East Showa, Hararghe Zones of Oromia Region
  [Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In the Oromia region where drought and worsening food crisis is ravaging several woredas mainly in Borana and East Bale zones, more reports of drought have been coming out of the arid areas in East Showa zone's Fentale woreda, West and East Hararghe zones in Eastern Oromia.