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Food Security
Analysis: Ethiopia says Tigray IPC 5 report by T.P.L.F supporters; UN chief warns of “hunger-related deaths”, asks evidence for staff expulsion
Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, October 07/2021 – The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres said that U.N. “colleagues on the ground are sharing increasingly alarming eye-witness testimony of the suffering – including growing accounts of hunger-related deaths” in the war-torn Tigray regional state. Mr Guterres said that in his …
Feature: Conscription, forced contributions to army & aid obstruction aggravate starvation in Borana, Oromia; local admins blame “enemy propaganda”
By Dereje Gonfa Addis Abeba, September 29/2021 – Eye witness reports from received by Addis Standard from residents in Borana zone, Southern Oromia, reveal that civilians are suffering from severe food shortages resulting in deaths have occurred as result of starvation particularly in Wachile woreda of the zone. Multiple residents …
News: KOICA funds new FAO project to improve post-harvest management in Ethiopia
The Project will build the capacities of stakeholders and promote post-harvest technologies for maize, wheat, honey, and milk. Addis Abeba, September 23/2021 – With funding from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched a new USD 1.5 million project to improve post-harvest management …
