News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: Ravaged by war, Ethiopia’s Afar minority face lengthy recovery during peace
“There were no fighters. Everything was peaceful before we heard explosions,” says 26-year-old Mekiya Ali in an interview with Global Voices, describing the day in August last year, when her hometown ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: War in Ethiopia: addressing mental health needs to be made a priority
The effects of war on the mental wellbeing of people is given much less attention than the physical harms of conflict. We have been researching and working on the mental health challenges faced by ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: Ethiopia’s Afar region says under attack from Tigrayan forces
Rebels in the northern Tigray region fought a devastating civil war against the central government from 2020 to 2022 in which an estimated 600,000 people died, and relations with the capital and other ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: News Alert: Mercy Corps responding to the crisis in Afar, Ethiopia
Expanding conflict in northern Ethiopia has left an estimated 4 million people displaced and some 9.4 million people needing food assistance as a direct result of ongoing conflict. The global ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: Why a card with a QR code brings hope to the hungry in Ethiopia
Fatouma Zahara Hasan had waited patiently in the hot sun for almost an hour, alongside hundreds of others in the Ethiopian town of Chifera. Eventually, her turn came and she checked her name off a ...
News Ethiopia » Afar » Health: Ethiopia can turn the corner again, but will require real support
Ethiopia turned a corner several years ago. With a peace agreement with Eritrea, a stable government and steady economic growth, the trajectory over the course of a decade looked promising. Ethiopia ...
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