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News Alert: WFP resumes emergency food assistance operations in Tigray
Addis Abeba, July 02/2021 – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting halted the emergency response last week. “However serious challenges are threatening the entire humanitarian response in the region”, WFP said. The UN food program said the …
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News: East & West Hararge Zones projected to face “critical food security situations”: UN
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 …
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Analysis: Ordinary people reel from inflation; economist warns it will lower economic growth
By Getahun Tsegaye @GetahunTsegay12 & Mahlet Fasil @MahletFasil Addis Abeba, June 23/2021 – A recent report by the Central Statistics Agency (CSA) indicates that the rate of inflation in Ethiopia increased by 19.7% in May 2021 compared to the same month last year. While the overall inflation rate surged by …