World Vision Ethiopia (WVE) commemorates the 10th Africa Day of School Feeding as part of World Vision’s global campaign #ENOUGH, meant to fight child hunger and malnutrition. Currently, World Vision Ethiopia, along with its donors and partners, has been providing hot meals to over 64,000 vulnerable children (mainly refugees and Internally Displaced Persons) across Ethiopia while ensuring school children stay nourished, educated, and hopeful even in the face of unprecedented challenges.

According to UNICEF, 39% of children under five in Ethiopia suffer stunting (too short for their age), 7% face wasting (underweight for their height), and 45% of child deaths below the age of five are associated with undernutrition. Meanwhile, 4 million Ethiopians, half of them children, remain displaced by conflict and climate shocks, with school dropouts surging as families prioritise survival over education.

To address this dire situation, World Vision Ethiopia, in partnership with the World Food Programme, has been providing over 50,000 refugee children (21,729 girls) in Gambella with meals every day, ensuring displaced children such as 10-year-old Pach can remain at school and thrive. “The food at school lets me study, not starve,” Pach shares. “I dream of becoming a teacher,” she adds.

In addition, as part of our work in Amhara, Oromia, Sidama, South Ethiopia, and South-West Ethiopia regions, until 2024 we reached over 14,000 children with school meals, supported by Education Cannot Wait, World Vision Singapore, and other partners. (Press release)

Conflict theory, as associated with Karl Marx, is a social theory that posits that society is in a state of perpetual conflict because of competition for limited resources.

Conflict theory holds that social order is maintained by domination and power, rather than by consensus and conformity. According to conflict theory, those with wealth and power try to hold on to it by any means possible, chiefly by suppressing the poor and powerless. A basic premise of conflict theory is that individuals and groups within society will work to try to maximize their own wealth and power.

Somalia’s path to self-reliance in national security received a major boost today with the handover of assorted, life-saving equipment to counter the persistent threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

“Given the nature of the IED threat here in Somalia, it’s essential that we sustain the capabilities of the national security forces and particularly so, now that we’re thinking about the eventual and gradual withdrawal of the AU (African Union) forces,” the Director of the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), Ilene Cohn, said during the event.

The handover ceremony took place in Mogadishu. Representing the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) was its State Minister of Defence, Omar Ali Abdi, along with the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces, General Madey Nurey, and other senior officers from the Somali National Army.

“We need more training and equipment because we are engaged in a bitter war with our enemy who uses mines on the roads as a weapon of choice. The mines slow us down, and if we can overcome them, we’ll be able to liberate more areas,” Minister Abdi said in his remarks to the gathering, referring to the Al-Shabaab terrorist group.

U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Academy of Science (EAS) are conducting a five-day consultative workshop (February 24 – 28, 2025) for presidents and leaders from nine of Ethiopia’s leading public universities. This workshop marked the culmination of the first phase of the U.S. Embassy’s $522,000 grant with EAS, which supports the universities’ transition to autonomous governance. A team of four experts, comprised of local, U.S., and international higher education experts, shared their insights and recommendations on the nine universities’ draft strategic plans and legislative policies through both general sessions and individual consultations.

During the opening session of the workshop, U.S. Ambassador Ervin J. Massinga stated that “while establishing the regulatory framework for university autonomy was a significant undertaking, the real challenge lies ahead.” Translating these regulations into tangible change requires navigating a complex and unprecedented transformation of 47 diverse public universities across the country.