ethiopia drought Stories

[HOLD FOR QUOTES] Ethiopia partners with India to become self-sufficient wheat producer
Hanifa Adan  |  Jun 15, 2024

The focus is on enhancing wheat productivity in Ethiopia's Afar and Oromia lowlands, regions crucial for its cultivation amid frequent droughts and ot...

Urgent agricultural aid needed in Ethiopia to tame food crisis - FAO
Hanifa Adan  |  Jun 08, 2024

The FAO has issued a report that notes that 21.4 million people need humanitarian assistance while 13 million require urgent agricultural support, as...

Horn of Africa droughts: How network of groundwater bores could help – study
The Conversation  |  May 27, 2024

The governments of Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan and Uganda, and three United Nations agencies, launched the Groundwater Access Facility on M...

Ethiopia humanitarian crisis: UNICEF says 8.85 million children out of school
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 22, 2024

According to the report released on May 20, some 6,770 schools have been damaged and 6,410 closed, while 10.31 million people need humanitarian aid.

UN urges enhanced support for Africa's drought-affected countries
Yunis Dekow  |  May 21, 2024

The agencies have called on the international community to help ramp up a timely emergency response to support victims of drought in the region.

Japan gives Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia $10m for relief food
Foreign Reporter  |  Feb 07, 2024

These countries have been grappling with severe humanitarian crises exacerbated by a combination of factors including drought over the past three year...

Nobody dying from hunger in Ethiopia, says PM
Agency  |  Feb 06, 2024

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed acknowledged, however, that "people may have died" due to illnesses associated with malnutrition.

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