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Nov 18, 2024 | 
sifter.substack.com | Maya Misikir
Hi there,I’m sending this out from my home in Addis Abeba, where wandering out in shorts and a tank top during evenings has become unthinkable again. For many reasons, but I’m thinking of the cold weather right now. Unlike most people I’ve shared this information with, I really like hot and humid climates. Thank you, Thailand, you’ve been good to me. To new subscribers, welcome!My name is Maya Misikir, and I’m a freelance reporter based in Addis Abeba.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
nytimes.com | Maya Misikir |Stephanie Nolen
Malaria infection rates are soaring in Ethiopia, where a combination of armed conflict, climate change and mosquitoes' growing resistance to drugs and insecticides has accelerated the spread of a disease the country once thought it was bringing under control. More than 6.1 million malaria cases, and 1,038 deaths, have been recorded in the country this year through the end of September, compared with 4.5 million cases, and 469 deaths, for all of 2023.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
theafricareport.com | Maya Misikir
Ethiopia’s new VAT law introduced on 4 July 2024 is facing pushback due to inconsistencies and a lack of clarity following the inclusion of traditionally exempt sectors – such as the insurance sector – which could hinder growth in the country’s nascent financial services industry. Under the country’s initial VAT law, which has been in force since 2002, insurers in the country enjoyed a blanket exemption.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
genocidewatch.com | Maya Misikir
‘When the war stopped, a new one started on women.’Women demonstrating against sexual violence in the Tigrayan city of Mekelle earlier this year. Courtesy of Birhan Gebrekirstos and Wagahta FactsBy Maya MisikirEarlier this year, hundreds of women took to the streets of the northern Tigrayan city of Mekelle to protest the growing violence women are facing across the region – two years after the end of the civil war.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Maya Misikir
Addis Ababa — 'When the war stopped, a new one started on women.'Earlier this year, hundreds of women took to the streets of the northern Tigrayan city of Mekelle to protest the growing violence women are facing across the region - two years after the end of the civil war.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
thenewhumanitarian.org | Maya Misikir
Republish this articleEarlier this year, hundreds of women took to the streets of the northern Tigrayan city of Mekelle to protest the growing violence women are facing across the region – two years after the end of the civil war. The spark was the murder in March of 16-year-old Mahlet Teklay, who was kidnapped and then killed in the city after her adductors didn’t get the ransom they had demanded – a victim of the epidemic of kidnappings Ethiopia is struggling with.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
sifter.substack.com | Maya Misikir
Hi there,If you have time tomorrow, there’s a panel organized by Amnesty International on the conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. It is now a year since fighting started between the region’s informal militia, known as Fano, and the federal government, and the panel will, ‘cover events since the conflict began, current conditions, and ongoing gross human rights violations.’ I’ve also been chronicling updates on the conflict and you can find all XXV editions, here.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
sifter.substack.com | Maya Misikir
Hi there,Monday marked the third day of national mourning to commemorate the lives lost in the mudslides in the South Ethiopia region. I have compiled one update on that which includes what the rescue efforts looked like, what the toll of the tragedy has been, and where people can send monetary support for the community impacted.
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
sifter.substack.com | Maya Misikir
Hi there,Did you know that electric heaters can cause a sore throat? They do, and I know this because I was in bed all day Sunday nursing a sore throat and a migraine from turning mine on for an extended period. Now that my heater is out of the equation, I’ll face the coming onslaught of Addis’s cold weather armed with nothing but a blanket. If you have tips on staying warm, please send it my way.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
sifter.substack.com | Maya Misikir
Hi there,I’ve talked about Priti Salian’s newsletter — Reframing Disablity — in the past before. But the last edition was particularly interesting for me, as it covered ableism in media. Ableism, ‘the discrimination against disabled people in favor of non-disabled people’, crops up in media a lot; from, ‘sympathy or pity towards a person’s disability in the narrative’, to depicting disabled people as a problem to be fixed.
