Ethiopia

Aid chief warns of famine in Ethiopia (AFP)

AFP - The food crisis in Ethiopia and other countries in the Horn of Africa region is severe and could rapidly turn into famine, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies warned Thursday.

GLOBAL: Overworked and under-protected

DAKAR, 4 December 2008 (IRIN) - While healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa struggle to deal with unmanageable workloads resulting from HIV/AIDS, a new study has found that their needs are being neglected.

Giving Peace a Chance in Northern Uganda

I have to plug Mark's great post on Northern Uganda over at Huff Po's new "World" section: ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia. Victor Ochen is from northern Uganda. He is in his late twenties, affable, and wears a permanent smile. But being...

Online journos 'jailed more than others' (AAP)

In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Thursday. Print reporters, editors, and...

Ethiopia population soars to near 77 million: census (AFP)

AFP/File – Ethiopians crowd a rural road in Tunto, southern Ethiopia in July 2008. Ethiopia's population has … ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia's population has risen by a staggering 23.4 million people over the past 14 years, to...

Food crisis: A hungry world

The global food crisis that dominated headlines earlier this year has been overshadowed by this Fall's financial crisis, but it continues to exact a crippling toll on the world's poor. And, although commodity prices for a wide...

'We are deeply touched by the support'

Dubai: The family of an Ethiopian housemaid whose body lay in a Ras Al Khaimah morgue for over two months, said they were grateful to Gulf News readers for helping send their daughter's body home. The body of 19-year-old...

Internews Trains 1,000 Journalists Worldwide to Cover AIDS

In the fight against AIDS journalists have the potential to save lives. Stigmas, myths and misinformation have propelled the disease and journalism offers an alternative. Internews' Local Voices programme has enlisted more than...

GlaxoSmithKline and The Carter Center Reaffirm Commitment to Global Public Health with Expansion...

LONDON and PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In a meeting today with former U.S. President and founder of The Carter Center, Jimmy Carter, as well as global health thought leaders from around the world,...

Ethiopia: USAID Gives $22 Mln to Support WFP's HIV/Aids Program

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Tuesday contributed $22 million dollar-worth food itemsto support World Food Program's (WFP) Urban HIV/AIDS Program in Ethiopia over the next three years.

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