Humanitarian

Canada to reduce bilateral aid to Ethiopia [Interview]

The Canadian government to reduce its bilateral assistance to Ethiopia, Benin, Niger, Cambodia, China, Nepal, Rwanda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, according…

‘Smallholder farmers are a sleeping giant in Africa’ | Grow Africa Investment Forum

Empowering African farmers will be central to success, according to participants of the Grow Africa Investment Forum. The meeting was…

Official: Kenya protested ‘Ethiopian Incursion’, demanded withdrawal

Kenya’s Turkana North District Commissioner claimed today that ‘Kenya has made demands to the Ethiopian administration in a bid to…

Al-Shabaab split threatens to open new conflict between Somalia’s Islamists

Despite recent celebrations of its merger with al-Qaeda, Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement has been suffering from a power struggle…

HIV/AIDS: New book tracks the epidemic to its origins

Highlight: * The epidemic was born between 1881 and 1924. A few decades later, the virus had migrated far from…

Rain damages 700 tents of Somalian refugees in Ethiopia

The United Nations High Commission for Refuges (UNHCR) said that heavy rains in mid-April affected Somalian refugees’ camps in Ethiopia…

Report: HRW accuses Kenya of abusing its Somali citizens and refugees

The US-based NGO, Human Rights Watch(HRW) accused the Kenya Defence Forces and the Kenyan police for responding “with violent reprisals…

Sudan-S. Sudan: Text of UN Resolution 2046-2012 and statements

The United Nations Security Council approved last Wednesday a resolution that threatens both countries with sanctions if they do not…

Obama invites Meles Zenawi to Camp David for G-8 Summit

The host of the 38th Group of Eight (G-8) summit, US President Barak Obama, invited Ethiopian Prime Minister as well…

Analysis: The myth and mystique of humanitarian space

The phenomenon of ‘shrinking humanitarian space’ is earnestly debated by aid workers. The often-heard complaint is that neutrality and independence…

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