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Band Aid revisionism hasn’t dropped from the clear blue winter sky. It’s been there since the start
Ethiopia
Global South must be saved from fossil fuels and other climate-harming practices
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
Sampa the Great: ‘For the first time, we’re not asked to add more English. I can just sing in my language’
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
Ethiopia: Death toll from landslides caused by heavy rain climbs to 229, official says
First landslide buried people in country’s southern Gofa zone before a second one engulfed those who came to help
How a little known EU rule could push the price of a cup of coffee higher and hurt already impoverished farmers
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.
Children among asylum seekers sleeping in tents in near-freezing temperatures in Dublin city
Two 17-year-olds say they were denied entry to emergency accommodation in Citywest on Friday despite freezing temperatures
Death toll from floods in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia rises to 130
Half a million people have been displaced since the rains started in October
Ireland spent more than €900m last year helping Ukrainian refugees
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
Saudi Arabian police and troops accused of killing Ethiopians at Yemen border
Human Rights Watch claims hundreds of people have been killed trying to enter Saudi Arabia from rugged border region
Suspected air strike kills 26 in Ethiopia’s Amhara 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
Beijing Letter: ‘There is no story not connected to another story and walking connects them’
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
Woman wins High Court challenge over refusal to allow children come to live in Ireland
Findings in case of woman who moved from Somalia were ‘particularly harsh’, judge found
It’s time for Irish Government to act
Ireland should leverage its role as co-facilitator of the UN SDG Summit
Sudan conflict: 100,000 flee across borders as fighting continues despite ceasefire
Country’s impoverished neighbours deal with refugee crunch while violence hampers aid deliveries from port to capital Khartoum
‘Nobody’s talking about it’: Researchers seek to highlight scale of Ethiopia’s deadly conflict
Belgian university research group puts possible civilian casualties from two-year war in Tigray as high as 813,418
Amhara forces leave northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region
Forces, who fought in support of federal troops during two year war, withdraw in line with peace agreement
‘World’s most wanted human trafficker’ arrested in Sudan
Eritrean subject of two Interpol red notices caught in a ‘international police operation’ led by United Arab Emirates
Relief as Cameroon open long-awaited Africa Cup of Nations in style
Hosts beat Burkina Faso in opening match of tournament that was delayed for 2½ years
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