Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Two women sit inside a dark shelter in Adwa, Ethiopia on March 30, 2025. With unemployment at 80 percent and humanitarian aid drastically reduced, around 300 people leave Tigray daily in search of survival. “My daughter is imprisoned in Libya,” said 65-year-old Medhin. “She called asking for 3,000 birr, but I don’t have that money.” Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Tigist, 40, speaks from her bed at an IDP centre in Mekele, Ethiopia on March 27, 2025. Forced to flee her home in Humera in 2020, she now suffers from kidney disease and cannot afford the 700 birr (€4.95) monthly medication. “I wouldn’t ask Trump for aid, just to help me return home,” she says. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Commuters in Ethiopia face transportation headache amid fuel price hike

STORY: Commuters in Ethiopia face transportation headache amid fuel price hike DATELINE: July 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the street view in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): LIDYA ENDESHAW, Taxi user in Addis Ababa 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Amharic): TEWODROS MASRESHA, Taxi driver in Addis Ababa STORYLINE: The soaring price of fuel is impacting transportation service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia's capital where commuters are seen waiting for hours before they could get rides. The Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration recently increased the price of gasoline by 30 percent to 47.83 birr (0.92 U.S. dollars) per liter and hiked the price of one liter of diesel by 38 percent to 49.02 birr. Commuters who spoke to Xinhua said they had to wait for hours for taxis and pay higher fares despite the government's fuel subsidies for commercial transport providers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Amharic): LIDYA ENDESHAW, Taxi user in Addis Ababa "Th