Highlights As the ETC is now activated to support the response in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, the Cluster will provide dedicated support and resources for the planned activities previously supported by the inter-agency ICT Emergency Cell. The Central Emergency Relief Fund (CERF) has committed US$500,000 to the ETC to support the humanitarian response in […]
Day: June 24, 2021
Containing the Volatile Sudan-Ethiopia Border Dispute
What’s new? Ethiopia and Sudan are locked in a dangerous standoff over al-Fashaga, a swathe of fertile borderland from which Khartoum evicted thousands of Ethiopian farmers in December 2020. Clashes between the two countries’ troops have claimed dozens of combatant and civilian lives. Why does it matter? Fragile political transitions in both countries are at risk if […]
Remarks by the Acting Director of the Coordination Division, Wafaa Saeed, at the ECOSOC-HAS High-Level Panel on innovation as a driver of change: the use of new and emerging technologies and humanitarian data
Thank you so much Ambassador, and welcome to you all, and thank you for the opportunity to moderate this high-level panel on how we can make new technology and innovation work to support people in humanitarian need. New and emerging technologies can help shift humanitarian action from reaction to anticipation by enabling earlier, faster, and […]
Global Humanitarian Overview 2021, Mid-year Update (as of 21 June 2021)
As of mid-June 2021, the Global Humanitarian Overview require $35.9 billion to assist 161 million of the 238 million people in need.1 The GHO is made up of 27 Humanitarian Response Plans (HRP), six regional plans, three Flash Appeals, and one joint response plan for Bangladesh. Requirements this year are around $1 billion more than […]
‘We want to stay alive’: One mother’s tale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Ethiopia
It was 9am on a Saturday in late March when Aster, a mother of seven, turned from her kitchen stove to the horrifying sight of the bedroom she shared with her husband being set on fire. She doesn’t remember much after that, except the smoke billowing through her home of 18 years. Like any mother, Aster’s […]
Climate Induced Migration is Poised to Sharply Increase. Does Climate Migration Pose A Security Threat?
Climate variability is causing massive numbers of people around the world to move — both across borders and within borders. And as climate variability intensifies, we can probably expect more and more people on the move. But what relationship — if at all — does climate induced migration have with security? Is it a threat […]