East Harerge, Ethiopia – “We ran for our lives, carrying nothing and seeking safety,” says Nuria Yusuf, a young Ethiopian mother of three, as she recounts the moment her life changed forever. Attacked in her home at night by men carrying weapons, Nuria only had time to grab her children and, miraculously, managed to escape. […]
Month: August 2021
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore on reported killing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in Afar, northern Ethiopia
“UNICEF is extremely alarmed by the reported killing of over 200 people, including more than 100 children, in attacks on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in Afar region on Thursday, 5 August. Crucial food supplies were also reportedly destroyed in an area that is already seeing emergency levels of malnutrition […]
WFP delivers food to another 1 million people in Tigray during June and July but is only reaching half of those it should be
ADDIS ABABA – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) delivered food to over a million people in the north-west and parts of southern Tigray in June and July under the second round of distributions, despite numerous challenges. But severe shortages of food, cash, fuel and functioning telecommunications equipment mean WFP has only reached half of […]
Ethiopia: Humanitarian Access Snapshot (January – June 2021)
During the first half of 2021, humanitarian access in Ethiopia became more complex due to insecurity related to the conflict in Tigray as well as the continuation of other situations of violence, including security operations against Unidentified Armed Groups (UAGs) in Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz regions (BGR), and localized inter-communal violence in Amhara, Afar, Somali […]
Ethiopia Information Alert: Amhara – Vigil Insight Report 6: 8 August 2021
SUMMARY The Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) captured the UNESCO World Heritage Site town of Lalibela (a highly revered Ethiopian Christian icon) in Amhara on 5 August and rejected calls to leave the Amhara and Afar regions. In response, the Ethiopian government warned that it could “deploy the entire defensive capability of the state” if the […]
Ethiopia: Regional CCCM Dashboard – Tigray (as of July 2021)
General Update CCCM actors are currently active in 89 displacement sitesthroughout Tigray Region –reaching over 460,000 IDPs Current operational humanitarian partners include: ANE, HOP, IOM, OSSHD, and UNHCR, with additional local partners in the process of joining the cluster. Household IDPs intention surveydata collection has been completed in Mekelle, Shire, Adigrat, Axum, Adwa, Sheraro and Abi […]