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 …

Children and their caretakers at MSF’s inpatient therapeutic feeding center in Kule refugee camp. (Photo: MSF) Addis Abeba – Refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Gambella region are facing a deepening humanitarian crisis following significant international aid cuts that have crippled essential services, including food distribution, health care, and disease prevention. The region, which hosts more than …

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 …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of famine in Gaza was rising due to the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid, including food supplies, under the ongoing blockade (Photo: Mada) Addis Abeba – Food is back on the battlefield, and food security is no longer just a humanitarian issue: it is now a systematic, political, …

Fooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts, Photo:FMC Addis Abeba– Torrential rainfall over the weekend triggered severe flooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts of the Southwest Shewa Zone, Oromia region, displacing more than 5,000 people and damaging over 2,400 hectares of farmland, local officials told Addis …

Addis Abeba – A windstorm that struck Afdera Town in Ethiopia’s Afar Region on 15 July displaced nearly 26,000 people, destroyed more than 2,500 homes, and left thousands without shelter, food, or clean water, according to CARE Ethiopia. Located in the Danakil Depression, Afdera suffered extensive damage to public infrastructure, with one fatality reported. CARE …

Children and their caretakers at MSF’s inpatient therapeutic feeding center in Kule refugee camp. (Photo: MSF) Addis Abeba – Refugee camps in Ethiopia’s Gambella region are facing a deepening humanitarian crisis following significant international aid cuts that have crippled essential services, including food distribution, health care, and disease prevention. The region, which hosts more than …

Addis Abeba- Acute food insecurity remains widespread across Ethiopia, driven by a combination of weather-related shocks, failed seasonal rains, and the lingering impacts of conflict, according to the latest update by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET). Despite earlier projections of modest improvements in food security following the anticipated 2024 meher harvest, millions …

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of famine in Gaza was rising due to the deliberate obstruction of humanitarian aid, including food supplies, under the ongoing blockade (Photo: Mada) Addis Abeba – Food is back on the battlefield, and food security is no longer just a humanitarian issue: it is now a systematic, political, …

Fooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts, Photo:FMC Addis Abeba– Torrential rainfall over the weekend triggered severe flooding along the Awash River in Ilu and Sebeta Hawas districts of the Southwest Shewa Zone, Oromia region, displacing more than 5,000 people and damaging over 2,400 hectares of farmland, local officials told Addis …