Updates

HIGHLIGHTS Ethiopia is expecting a record meher harvest - over 20 percent increase in yield as compared with the previous years harvest - reducing food aid requirements in 1997. Local purchases and...

Introduction A six day trip was made to Kuraz wereda in South Omo zone of the Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Resional State, flying to the Swedish Philadelphia Church Mission (SPCM) Kibbish...

Summary This year the belg rains were on time in all belg producing weredas of the North Omo zone - Southern Nations Nationalities Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS), although often excessive. Rainfall...

1. Introduction and Objective The 1996 Meher Season Pre-Harvest Crop Assessment was launched by the central Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Commission (DPPC) in mid-October. While in previous...

The following is the sixth in a series of updates prepared by the UNDP Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UNDP/EUE) on the general situation in the countries of the Horn of Africa. Updates cover events...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0438 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ADDIS ABABA REPORTS THAT FLOODS SITUATION IN GAMBELLA REGIONAL STATE IS NOW WELL UNDER CONTROL, WITH WATERS RECEDING IN VARIOUS PARTS. 2. GAMBELLA...

1. Introduction and Objective The long rainy season in the Ethiopian highlands brought this year a great amount of water causing rivers to swell and to flood certain areas in different parts of the...

The Oxfam Emergencies Report gives an overview of Oxfam's recent emergency work around the world, for use in communications work. For further information on any of the emergencies outlined below,...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0331 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ADDIS ABABA REPORTS THAT SITUATION ALONG AWASH RIVER BASIN HAS IMPROVED, AS RAINS IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DIMINISHED OVER PAST FEW DAYS. SITUATION 2...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0295 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ADDIS ABABA REPORTS FURTHER DETERIORATION IN FLOODS SITUATION ALONG AWASH RIVER BASIN. 2. DESPITE EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO STRENGTHEN AND RAISE FLOOD...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The Awash River has flooded one of Ethiopia's two sugar factories, forcing the evacuation of 20,000 people, the state-run Ethiopian News Agency reported Sunday. The...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0290 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ADDIS ABABA WARNS OF GROWING CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING FLOODS SITUATION ALONG AWASH RIVER BASIN IN CENTRAL ETHIOPIA. 2. FLOODING HAS BEEN RECORDED...

DATE=8/21/96 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-201974 TITLE=ETHIOPIA FLOODS (L) BYLINE=SCOTT STEARNS DATELINE=NAIROBI CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: ETHIOPIA SAYS MORE THAN 150-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE...

Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0275 1. UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR IN ADDIS ABABA REPORTS FLOODING IN GAMBELLA REGIONAL STATE IN SOUTHWESTERN ETHIOPIA, NEAR SUDANESE BORDER. 2. CONTINUOUS RAINS SINCE 6 JUNE CAUSED...