A key legacy of Sr Margaret’s time in Tigray was the development of new techniques in eye care, high-quality surgery at low cost, and the training of hundreds of Ethiopians in her work
The way we touch each other is such a delicate thing, with a fine line between lovingness and lechery
Strikes hit military targets and civilian areas in city where people, ministries and international agencies had started returning to
Government ordering €600,000 of goods to give away to mark its leadership role in bloc from July
Given President Trump’s attacks on food aid, much of Billy Shore’s work is done at local level
Hadush Kebatu assaulted girl (14) and a woman and was arrested after two-day manhunt in London
Global Hunger Index says possibility of achieving the UN goal of zero hunger by 2030 is ‘slipping away’
After decades of decline, the numbers perishing from hunger are increasing as starvation spreads
This three-parter makes a compelling case for just one more go around one of the best-documented events in cultural memory
Workers at the gold mines along the Kurmuk-Assosa road face exposure to harmful chemicals such as mercury and cyanide
The response to December’s earthquake in the struggling Afar region has been hit by US aid cuts
Sudanese school dean educates remotely from Addis Ababa
In the 40th anniversary year of Live Aid, New York-based Bray man Mark O’Toole explains what motivated him to do the Great Ethiopian Run
Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start
Ethiopia is among many countries suffering hunger, poverty and misery due to the Global North’s destruction of the planet and its banks financing damaging agricultural programmes and fossil fuel expansion
Africa’s biggest stars are filling stadiums, winning Grammys and forging collaborations across the world. It’s finally putting them in control of their stories
First landslide buried people in country’s southern Gofa zone before a second one engulfed those who came to help
A new law aimed at tackling deforestation risks disrupting commodities exports to the European Union, raising prices for consumers and threatening the livelihoods of farmers from Indonesia to Honduras.
Two 17-year-olds say they were denied entry to emergency accommodation in Citywest on Friday despite freezing temperatures
Half a million people have been displaced since the rains started in October
Irish Aid annual report discloses €880m was spent in services for Ukrainian refugees in Ireland last year while additional €53m was provided in bilateral assistance
Human Rights Watch claims hundreds of people have been killed trying to enter Saudi Arabia from rugged border region
‘The explosion shook the city. I don’t know if it was a drone or something else but it fell from the sky,’ one person said
Taking the world in his stride, former Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent Paul Salopek paused in the Chinese capital after a 23,000km walk - so far - out of Africa retracing the footsteps of early human migration
Findings in case of woman who moved from Somalia were ‘particularly harsh’, judge found
Ireland should leverage its role as co-facilitator of the UN SDG Summit
Country’s impoverished neighbours deal with refugee crunch while violence hampers aid deliveries from port to capital Khartoum
Belgian university research group puts possible civilian casualties from two-year war in Tigray as high as 813,418
Forces, who fought in support of federal troops during two year war, withdraw in line with peace agreement
Eritrean subject of two Interpol red notices caught in a ‘international police operation’ led by United Arab Emirates
Hosts beat Burkina Faso in opening match of tournament that was delayed for 2½ years
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