Families registering their children. Photo: Amhara Regional State Education Bureau Addis Abeba- The Amhara Regional State Education Bureau has launched registration for the 2025/2026 academic year, aiming to enroll 7.4 million students, as millions of children in the region remain out of school due to persistent security challenges. Mulunesh Dessie (PhD), Coordinator of the Social …

(Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – For more than a decade, humanitarian actors have embraced the principle of Accountability to Affected People (AAP), defined as “an active commitment by humanitarian actors to use power responsibly by taking account of, giving account to, and being held to account by the people they seek to assist.” However, in …

Families registering their children. Photo: Amhara Regional State Education Bureau Addis Abeba- The Amhara Regional State Education Bureau has launched registration for the 2025/2026 academic year, aiming to enroll 7.4 million students, as millions of children in the region remain out of school due to persistent security challenges. Mulunesh Dessie (PhD), Coordinator of the Social …

(Photo: Social Media) Addis Abeba – For more than a decade, humanitarian actors have embraced the principle of Accountability to Affected People (AAP), defined as “an active commitment by humanitarian actors to use power responsibly by taking account of, giving account to, and being held to account by the people they seek to assist.” However, in …

Left Journalist Abdulsemed Mohammed, right Journalist Yonas Amare Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed alarm over the abduction of Reporter newspaper editor Yonas Amare, the arbitrary detention of Somali Regional Television journalist Khadar Mohamed Ismael, and the incommunicado detention of radio host Abdulsemed Mohammed. In a statement released …

Left Journalist Abdulsemed Mohammed, right Journalist Yonas Amare Photo: Social Media Addis Abeba – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed alarm over the abduction of Reporter newspaper editor Yonas Amare, the arbitrary detention of Somali Regional Television journalist Khadar Mohamed Ismael, and the incommunicado detention of radio host Abdulsemed Mohammed. In a statement released …

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. Photo: Sen. Cruz’s web portal Addis Abeba – Somaliland officials and prominent figures have welcomed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump to formally recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, calling it a major boost for their decades-long quest for recognition. In a letter to …

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz. Photo: Sen. Cruz’s web portal Addis Abeba – Somaliland officials and prominent figures have welcomed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz’s appeal to U.S. President Donald Trump to formally recognize the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, calling it a major boost for their decades-long quest for recognition. In a letter to …

Staff from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) distributing non-food items to 500 households affected by the recent windstorm that struck five kebeles in Afdera district, Afar region, on 02 August, 2025 (Photo: ERCS) Addis Abeba – For over a decade, the global humanitarian community has promoted “localization”: a shift of power and funding to local …

Staff from the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) distributing non-food items to 500 households affected by the recent windstorm that struck five kebeles in Afdera district, Afar region, on 02 August, 2025 (Photo: ERCS) Addis Abeba – For over a decade, the global humanitarian community has promoted “localization”: a shift of power and funding to local …