Addis Abeba, July 01/2021 – The shortage of belg season rains (April to June) due to late-onset and long dry spells has left communities in East and West Hararge Zones with no harvest and food products. The failure of the belg rains has also largely affected land preparation for the …

By Medihane Ekubamichael @Medihane Addis Abeba, June 12, 2021 – In a press conference, Gebreegziabher Aregawi, Director of the Tigray Regional State Agricultural and Rural Development Bureau Disaster Risk Management Directorate, said that 6.3 people in Tigray require immediate humanitarian assistance.  Tigray TV quoted the director as saying, the number …

By Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, June 11/2021 – Henrietta Fore, UNICEF’s Executive Director, said “without humanitarian access to scale up our response, an estimated 33,000 severely malnourished children in currently inaccessible areas in Tigray are at high risk of death.” Speaking on behalf of the Director, UNICEF spokesperson, James …