[WFP] Markets come in all shapes and sizes, from traditional set-ups to online farmers markets. In South Sudan, the World Food Programme (WFP) has rolled out a 'retail in a box' pop-up initiative in Gorom refugee camp that is spurring on local busine...

[Ghanaian Times] Ethiopian Airlines, UTD Aviation Solutions and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) services in pursuance to t...

[UN News] Ethiopia's eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, which is worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for around 3.5 million people, more than half the local population.

[Nigeria Health Watch] The thrill and anticipation of becoming a new mother is universal and the life of every pregnant woman matters. No woman should lose her life, because she is giving life, no matter where she lives and regardless of her income. ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Local administrative and security officials drawn from Konso Zone and Segen Woreda in Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state met on Saturday 23 April to discuss and outline joint plans to so...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands announced that it has allocated 388 million ETB for the rehabilitation of areas affected by drought in the Somali region.

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- The Horn of Africa is suffering a historic drought that the U.N. says could result in starvation for as many as 20 million people. In Ethiopia, more than seven million people are already short of something to eat, suffering compo...

[USAID] The below is attributable to Spokesperson Rebecca Chalif:

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The National Security Council, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, and comprised of senior army, police and intelligence officials, as well as regional state presidents, among others, met and discussed yesterday about th...

[Africa Renewal] Jonah Larson, 14 is funding a science lab, a library, and plans more to come

[Capital FM] Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has completed drilling of the seventh geothermal well in Ethiopia further bolstering the company's renewable energy footprint in the Horn of Africa.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Ethiopian Institution of the Ombudsman (EIO) reported massacres and severe infrastructural destruction, in the Amhara and Afar regional states. The survey was conducted in seven zones of Amhara and two zones of Afa...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- 14 members of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and three journalists of Oromia News Network (ONN), was today arraigned at Oromia Supreme Court located in Addis Abeba.

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The East Showa zone administration stated that an ambulance vehicle was burnt down by 'extremist Amhara forces' calling themselves 'Fano'. The ambulance with a total of four passengers was en route from Gursum woreda o...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Two cooperative unions in Lehayite Kebele, Karat Woreda, in Konso Zone of the Southern Nations Nationalities and People's (SNNP) regional state kicked off gold mining activities on 20 April with some 100 unemployed you...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- "The Ethiopian government will cautiously examine the case of Eritrean passport holders with foreign visas, who complained of being barred from leaving Ethiopia, the Spokesperson of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Af...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- A measles vaccination campaign was conducted in Ethiopia from February to March 2022 in SNNP, Somali and Oromia regions targeting more than half a million children aged between 6 months to 10 years. The campaign aimed ...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- On 9 April 2022, Professor Emeritus Legesse Negash, from Addis Abeba University proposed the evergreen native tree, Podocarpus falcatus (Zigba in Amharic; Birbirssa in Afaan Oromo), as Ethiopia's National Tree. He shar...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- In Irob woreda, in north eastern Tigray, "reports indicate over 33,000 people (65 per cent of the woreda population) are facing extreme food insecurity and have received limited assistance," the UNOCHA said.

[VOA] Addis Ababa -- Hundreds of Ethiopians reportedly have been been lined up for days outside the Russian embassy in Addis Ababa this week in hopes of being recruited to fight for Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine. But the embassy has dismissed cla...

[Agenzia Fides] Addis Ababa -- Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans are dying of hunger. The humanitarian truce that began on March 24 is already at stake. The government has allowed only one aid convoy to enter Tigray, the first since mid-December 202...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- KEFI Gold and Copper announced that it was able to raise 8 million GBP 'through firm and conditional placings at 0.8p'. KEFI remarked that the raised sum would go towards consolidating security ahead of the start of it...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The administration of the Borana zone told the regional broadcaster that it has arrested and taken several measures against 56 individuals for allegedly stealing aid intended for drought relief. The administration adde...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia's first ever Innovation and Technology Talent Development Institute, which is located in Burayu, in Oromia Regional State Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne, and is under construction, will start accepting stud...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Renewed violence in the Oromo and North Showa zones in the Amhara region claimed the lives of about a dozen people and displaced many reports said. Residents of Jille Dumuga woreda of the region's Oromo Special zone to...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Intercommunal violence that erupted in Konso zone of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (SNNP) region in southern Ethiopia led to a new wave of displacement. About 37,000 people were displaced from 10 Kebeles ...

[Africa In Fact] There is a growing global recognition of local government as an important level of government both as institution of democratic participation and basic service delivery. It is also used for accommodating ethno-linguistic minorities i...

[WFP] The World Food Programme urgently needs US$437 million to respond and save lives in the region over the next six months

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- The Russian Embassy in Addis Abeba posted a statement on its Facebook page telling Ethiopians that "while reiterating our gratitude to all concerned citizens of Ethiopia, we would like to inform that the Embassy does n...

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopian Blood bank service today announced a nationwide shortage of blood. Ejegayehu Afework, the blood bank blood quality, and health assurance team leader at the Ethiopian national blood bank told Addis Standard th...