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09/04/2025

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02/04/2025

: designates several districts in as "hard-to-reach" for aid access, warns of worsening crisis despite some improvements

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says that while aid access has improved in parts of eastern Amhara, "many areas remain inaccessible," limiting food distribution, medical aid, and essential services. OCHA identifies districts such as Tach Gayint in South Gondar, Mehal Sayint in South Wello, Wemberma in West Gojam, and Dewa Chefa in the Oromo Special Zone as "hard-to-reach," leaving vulnerable populations facing "severe constraints on humanitarian assistance."

In its latest update, OCHA reported that access breakthroughs in Bugna and Raya Kobo districts have allowed humanitarian actors to reach "health centers in need of assistance" and deliver "limited but critical nutrition supplies." However, it warned that in other areas, "malnutrition is worsening," particularly in North Wello, South Wello, North Gondar, South Gondar, and Wag Hamra.

The humanitarian update comes amid renewed fighting in the war-torn Amhara region, which began in mid-2023. OCHA said that "intensified conflict in recent weeks" has further complicated aid operations, exacerbating food insecurity, displacement, and the disruption of services.

01/04/2025

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31/03/2025

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20/03/2025

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: New bill tabled to legislators proposes salary deductions from gov’t, private employees for disaster relief funding

A draft proclamation requiring “monthly salary deductions” from government and private sector employees to fund disaster relief has been presented to lawmakers. Introduced on 18 March 2025, the bill seeks to establish the Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission as an independent federal body, with provisions mandating financial contributions from various sectors. The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund, according to the bill, will be used for “disaster risk reduction, response, and rehabilitation efforts” across different phases of disaster management.

The legislation also requires contributions from banks, microfinance institutions, digital banking providers, and insurance companies through “service charges such as loan fees, digital banking service fees, premium payments, and dividends.” Additional revenue sources include “airline ticket sales, telecom services, fuel suppliers, passport and visa services, and business permit fees.” Entities failing to comply will face penalties, including the principal amount, a “10% surcharge,” and accrued bank interest. After a brief discussion, lawmakers referred the bill to the House’s Standing Committee on Foreign Relations and Peace Affairs for further review.

New bill tabled to legislators proposes salary deductions from gov’t, private employees for disaster relief funding Addis Standard News -

16/03/2025

EATH QUECK IS HAPPED NOW

09/03/2025

I saw a boy about ten years old walking by. He was carrying a baby on his back. In those days in Japan, we often saw children playing with their little brothers or sisters on their backs, but this boy was clearly different. I could see that he had come to this place for a serious reason. He was wearing no shoes. His face was hard. The little head was tipped back as if the baby were fast asleep. The boy stood there for five or ten minutes.

The men in white masks walked over to him and quietly began to take off the rope that was holding the baby. That is when I saw that the baby was already dead. The men held the body by the hands and feet and placed it on the fire. The boy stood there straight without moving, watching the flames. He was biting his lower lip so hard that it shone with blood. The flame burned low like the sun going down. The boy turned around and walked silently away.

— Joe O'Donnell[3]

O'Donnell made personal copies of his Nagasaki photographs and kept them hidden in a trunk until 1989, when he put together a traveling exhibit and a book. O'Donnell's Japan 1945, Images From the Trunk was published in Japan in 1995 and read widely.[4]

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