Worancha ወራንቻ

ከበልግ ዝናብ መዘገየት ጋር ተያይዞ በሲዳማ የምግብ እጥረት ልከሰት ይችላል ተባለ፤ ካለፈው የጥር ወር ጀምሮ ከበንሳ  እና ቡርሳ ወረዳዎች በስተቀር ኣብዛኛዎቹ የሲዳማ ወረዳዎች በድርቅ ተመተዋል፤ Food Security Outlook Update March to May rains may not fully restore rangelands in pastoral areas In most parts of  Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR) , three-to-five days of  Sapie  rains fell in January. However, this year, the rest of January has been remained dry except in Bensa and Bursa Woredas of Sidama Zone and Konta Special Woreda where there were light showers fell during the third week of January.  Belg  rains typically start in early February in parts of SNNPR, but they have not yet started. Sweet potatoes, other root crops, and to some extent maize were planted in November, and they have reached the vegetative stage. However, many of the crops are wilting. Read more at:   www.fews.net

 An Anuak woman at work in Abobo, a village in Ethiopia’s Gambella region. It has been claimed that UK money has funded abuses against Anuak people in the area. Photograph: Alamy The UK has ended its financial support for a controversial development project alleged to have helped the Ethiopian government fund a brutal resettlement programme. Hundreds of people have been forced from their land as a result of the scheme, while there have also been reports of torture, rape and beatings. Until last month, Britain’s  Department for International Development (DfID)  was the primary funder of the  promotion of basic services  (PBS) programme, a $4.9bn (£3.2bn) project run by the World Bank and designed to boost education, health and water services in Ethiopia. On Thursday, DfID said it had ended its PBS contributions because of Ethiopia’s “growing success”, adding that financial decisions of this nature were routinely made after considering a recipient country’s “commitment to partn