Executive Summary Over recent decades, Ethiopia has made considerable progress in reducing the prevalence of stunting, yet, 37 percent of children under five years of age remain affected. Stunting generates an economic loss of ETB 55.5 billion (USD 1.8 billion) every year, equivalent to approximately 16 percent of Ethiopia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (1). Persistent […]
Month: July 2021
Conflict, erratic weather, economic crises and COVID -19 driving extreme food insecurity and humanitarian need in East Africa, warns IRC
Nairobi, Kenya, July 12, 2021 — The International Rescue Committee is concerned about the rising number of people in need of humanitarian assistance in East Africa due to increasing conflict, erratic weather and secondary effects of COVID-19. The scale and severity of food insecurity in places such as Ethiopia, Sudan and Yemen are amongst the […]
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of Actions financed by the Asylum Migration Integration Fund (AMIF)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, on behalf of the donors funding RDPP, commissioned Samuel Hall to conduct an evaluation to assess the results and impact of the AMIF-funded activities in Ethiopia and Sudan. AMIF actions aimed at enabling the provision of better protection, assistance and durable solutions for refugees and asylum seekers […]
World Food Programme convoy reaches Tigray, many more are vital to meet growing needs
ADDIS ABABA – A United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) convoy of 50 trucks arrived in the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle today with 900 metric tons of food as well as other emergency supplies. However, double this number of trucks needs to be moving in every day to meet the vast humanitarian needs in the […]
Sudan: Eastern Border – Ethiopia Emergency Situation Population Profile: Um Rakuba Camp (as of 1 July 2021)
Introduction:In support of the Government of Sudan’s response to the ongoing influx of refugees from Ethiopia’s Tigray region to eastern Sudan, UNHCR, partners, and other UN agencies set up a new refugee camp in Um Rakuba-Gedaref State. First group of …
UNHCR Sudan Emergency Response to Tigray Situation Weekly Update #1, Reporting Period: 4 – 9 July
Key Figures46,505 total number of registered arrivals as of 1 July300 semi-permanent latrines rehabilitated in Um Rakuba and Tunaydbah100% access roads to Tunaydbah and Um Rakuba passable2,000 emergency shelter kits prepositioned in Um Rakuba and Tunay…