The once thriving centre of Omhajer was in ruins. The pressure exercised by civil society will remain a decisive factor. The UN Mission confirmed the arrivals of seven military observers - four in Asmara, the Eritrean capital, and three others in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Today, we deliver on that promise. We hope this program will help break the silence and inspire every country that needs help to ask for it.
Immediate financing goes to Ethiopian and Kenyan government programs.
Since there is no commercial alternative for newspapers to these printing enterprises, the increase will exert a heavy toll on the free press in Ethiopia. While the drought goes on and in the aftermath of the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and refugee crisis, focus is now on reconstruction and emergency relief. Yesterday, the African Development Bank and the World Food Programme announced they would be cooperating on the Horn of Africa. Continuing drought, as well as war and civil strife, has severely limited farming activities in many areas of the region. The peoples of his country and Ethiopia were both looking to the Council for a swift decision and speedy and effective deployment of the Mission.