Ethiopia trains rapid responders to handle public health emergencies
ADDIS ABABA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has trained a team of 100 rapid responders to handle future public health emergencies and humanitarian crises in Ethiopia and beyond. The 100 rapid responders were trained by the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the WHO said in a statement issued Tuesday. The month-long training mainly consisted of four modules that include public health emergency operating center, humanitarian and health cluster coordination, gender-based violence, and rapid response. "With more trained rapid responders, Ethiopia is more than geared up to tackle and beat any outbreak or public health emergencies efficiently within the first 24 to 48 hours of confirmation." The WHO said the African Volunteers Health Corps training is a crucial course that builds the skills and competencies of rapid responders to manage emergencies efficiently.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 18:54 UTC
Uganda: 17 Girls Rescued From Human Trafficking, Return Home
"They were removed from the country legally and were accompanied by our immigration officers..."On Monday, an immigration spokesman said that Uganda has repatriated 17 Ethiopian girls rescued from human trafficking in the capital, Kampala. Human trafficking is a transnational crime that we invite everyone to fight," Mundeyi said at the weekly security press briefing on Monday. The Department of Inspection and Legal Services has today 10th/06/2023 removed 17 trafficked Ethiopian girls through Entebbe Airport and handed them over to Ethiopian immigration at AddisAbaba Airport. Human Trafficking is a Transnational Crime that we invite everyone to fight pic.twitter.com/sdVuX4uKpC — Immigration Uganda (@DCICUg) June 10, 2023According to official data from the immigration department, in recent years, Uganda has been used as a transit route by human traffickers. According to records, in April 2021, Ugandan officials rescued more than 40 Burundian girls and arrested five suspects involved in human trafficking in the country.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 17:11 UTC
News: Ethiopia’s wars devour more than $28 b in economic loss, damages; $20 b needed for reconstruction
Leterbrhan, A a Tigrayan mother from Humera in Western Tigray, lies with her five-year-old daughter in a small room where around 20 people sleep at the elementary school in Abi Adi, a town in central Tigray. Photo: Igor Barbero/MSF/March 2021Addis Abeba – Authorities estimated the economic loss and cost of damages to infrastructure due to Ethiopia’s wars to have reached some US$28.765.7 billion, while they estimate post-war reconstruction cost to be as high as US$20 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance. Although a two-year-war has destroyed mainly the Tigray region, and severely affected Afar and Amhara regional states after it spread to both in the first half of 2021, hardly any region has escaped militarized violence over the past five years. Other regions, mainly Gambella, Benshangul Gumuz, Somali and SNNP regional states have also experienced various forms of militarized conflicts over the course of the fast five years. At the event, the government has announced a US$ 20 billion worth program for the next five years to rebuild the war-affected areas, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 16:32 UTC
Organic Light-Roasted Single-Origin Ethiopian Coffee For French Press, Update
For more information, please visit https://www.gocoffeego.com/search/?q=EthiopiaBy updating its range of light-roasted Ethiopian coffee, GoCoffeeGo stays true to its mission of providing top-quality roasts to its customers. Another addition is the Ethiopia Bombe Natural, a roast made from Ethiopian heirloom cultivars grown in the Sidama region. Also notable is the Limmu Kossa, Heirloom - Ethiopia, a coffee produced in Jimma, Ethiopia. The heirloom coffee plants used for this roast are grown organically beneath the shade of native tree species, causing the fruit to develop and ripen more slowly. In addition to its Ethiopian coffee, GoCoffeeGo also sells Colombian, Brazilian, Indonesian, French, and Italian coffee, among many others.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 16:17 UTC
Restaurant Marketing Ideas for July
With summer upon us, restaurant owners and operators are gearing up to help family and friends savor the season. Independence Day will see party and picnic deals, of course, but the month of July offers many more restaurant marketing opportunities. For food related marketing, July is National Blueberries Month, National Grilling Month, National Horseradish Month, National Hot Dog Month and National Ice Cream Month. Music lovers have National Country Music Day and Barbershop Music Appreciation Day to look forward to. Social media savvy operators might run photo contests for National Hillbilly Day, Parent’s Day, Teddy Bear Picnic Day and Bikini Day.
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June 13, 2023 16:11 UTC
24 United States Barista Championship contenders and where to find them pulling your next espresso
Canva24 United States Barista Championship contenders and where to find them pulling your next espressoThe hand of a barista making an espresso coffee. In case LA isn’t anywhere nearby, Dayglow offers Johnson’s competition coffee for sale on its website. Her signature coffee drink for the championship used natural lactic Gesha and had notes of peaches and raspberries with a jasmine aroma. She saw her first barista competition at Barista Camp, and the bug has been with her since. Seidy Selivanow, who placed 16th at USBC 2023, hails from Mexico and moved to the United States over a decade ago.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 16:01 UTC
Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area brings Indigenous communities into the fold
Indigenous communities in the Lower Omo River Valley of southwestern Ethiopia have taken ownership and management responsibilities of the Tama Wildlife Reserve through the creation of the Tama Community Conservation Area (TCCA). The TCCA, spanning 197,000 hectares (486,000 acres), is Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area. ADDIS ABABA — Indigenous communities in the Lower Omo River Valley of southwestern Ethiopia have taken ownership and management responsibilities of what is now Ethiopia’s largest community conservation area, the Tama Community Conservation Area (TCCA). This legislation aims to ensure the sustainable use and preservation of Tama’s ecological and cultural heritage by entrusting this duty to the Indigenous communities. “I was 12 years old when the advocacy for turning Tama into a community conservation area began,” said Barkede, now 26-years-old.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 15:10 UTC
Uganda repatriates 17 Ethiopian girls rescued from traffickers
A spokeswoman for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Uganda, Simon Mundeyi, told reporters that officials handed over the girls to Ethiopian immigration officers at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Monday. “They were removed from the country legally and were accompanied by our immigration officers. Human trafficking is a transnational crime that we invite everyone to fight,” Mundeyi said at the weekly security press briefing. The immigration department has reported that Uganda has been used as a pathway by human traffickers in recent times. In April 2021, Ugandan authorities rescued over 40 Burundian girls, and five individuals were arrested for their involvement in human trafficking within the country.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 15:07 UTC
The evolution of social modernization - Satenaw: Ethiopian News
When the term “Atlantic civilization” was coined in the 18th century, the underlying idea was meant to combine the values of the French and the American Revolutions. People’s ability to engage in self-criticism remains the essential quality of the Atlantic civilization. It is imperative for the future of the Atlantic civilization to realize the root causes of the conflicts which have taken us like a hurricane. The Atlantic civilization is united these days, or so it seems. The Arab world may well have entered its genuine Thirty-Year War, while nobody knows how long Russian imperialism may last.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 14:43 UTC
Ethiopia repatriates Ugandan cult members who went there to starve
"The returnees have said Pastor Opolot convinced them to fast for 40 days so that they can meet Jesus on the 41st day," Simon Mundeyi, the spokesperson for Uganda's internal affairs ministry is quoted by the Daily Monitor newspaper as saying.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 14:31 UTC
Ethiopia: Followers of sect advocating extreme fasting repatriated
Some 80 followers of a cult in eastern Uganda who travelled to Ethiopia in February at the call of a pastor to find salvation by fasting to death have been repatriated, the Ugandan authorities said on Tuesday. The Church of Christ Disciples had travelled to Ethiopia after their pastor, Simon Opolot, said they would find Jesus after 40 days of fasting. "Working with the Ethiopian government, we were able to organize their repatriation, and they are all safe and sound in Uganda," Simon Mundeyi, spokesman for the Ugandan Ministry of Internal Affairs, told AFP. "But the Ethiopian authorities learned of their arrival in the country, recovered them and confined them until their repatriation documents were ready", added Simon Mundeyi. In neighboring Kenya, more than 250 people have been found dead so far since April in the Shakahola forest, near the coast, where followers of an evangelical sect advocating extreme fasting to "meet Jesus" were meeting.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 14:25 UTC
Ethiopia trains 100 Rapid Responders to handle Public Health Emergencies
The World Health Organization, in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), and Africa CDC, has successfully trained 100 rapid responders to handle public health emergencies in Ethiopia and beyond. The month-long training consisted of four modules: Public Health Emergency Operating Center, Humanitarian and Health Cluster Coordination, Gender-Based Violence, and Rapid Response Teams. Dr. Lia Tadesses, the Health Minister of Ethiopia, Dr. Dlamini Nonhlanhla, the WHO Ethiopia Representative a.i., and Dr. Fiona Braka, the WHO Afro Emergency Operations Manager. As part of the AVoHC-SURGE program, Ethiopia is developing a multidisciplinary roster of highly trained, equipped, and supported experts to respond rapidly to public health emergencies. We are glad to see you come from the various sectors Ministry of Defense, Ethiopian Aviation Authority, Ministry of Agriculture, and Public Health Institute.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 13:23 UTC
News: Election board declines new request for TPLF as regional party
Photo: NEBEAddis Abeba – National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said it has declined a request from four individuals asking the Board for registration certificate of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) as a regional political party based in the Tigray regional state. In a letter signed by Birtukan Mideksa, Chairwoman of NEBE, the Board said that an individual by the name Gebre Michael Tesfay and three other unnamed individuals requested the Board to be granted the name TPLF as regional party. The request was submitted along with a list of “120 founding members” in a letter to the Board on 29 May 2023. Based on article 86/1 of the proclamation, which stipulates “the designation of any political party shall not be similar to or create confusion with the designation of another political party and shall be the sole designation of the party”, the Board said it found the request to be invalid. The decision followed TPLF’s request to the Board to reverse its January 2021 decision cancelling the party on the grounds it was engaged in armed struggle.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 13:02 UTC
Op-ed: A hobbled transition: The intractable task of Tigray Interim Administration
The agreement stated that “the establishment of an inclusive Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA) will be settled through political dialogue between the Parties,” however without specifying the necessary modalities or the composition of an interim administration. The continued presence of Eritrean troops in northern Tigray, and Amhara militia in Western Tigray, are cases in point. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seems to have trouble to get the Amhara political constituency onboard with the Tigray peace process, although positive steps to reconcile Amhara and Tigray leaderships are in the making. With little international media attention, diplomatic actors have few incentives to proactively engage to prop up a contested transition in Tigray. The Tigrayan transition will thus hobble on, as Getachew Reda and TIRA attempts to navigate Tigrayan divisions and Ethiopian antagonists.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 12:00 UTC
Church Christ Disciples cult followers repatriated from Ethiopia to Uganda - ministry
Cult members who believed was going to end, have been deported from Ethiopia. Church Christ Disciples followers travelled to Ethiopia from Uganda. The followers of Church Christ Disciples from Soroti travelled to Ethiopia in February after their pastor claimed they would find Jesus there after 40 days of fasting, said a spokesperson for Uganda's internal affairs ministry. "A joint security and intelligence team has put the religious cult leader, Pastor Simon Opolot, who is a Ugandan, on the wanted list and he will be apprehended." Authorities in Uganda were alerted to the plan by concerned residents in Soroti after the cult followers began leaving for Ethiopia.
Source:Ethiopian News
June 13, 2023 11:31 UTC