Highlights Food insecurity in Tigray remains a concern and urgent action is needed to meet the immediate needs of 5.2 million food insecure people – including over 400,000 people facing catastrophic levels of hunger (IPC phase 5). Delivering supplies into the region remains the biggest challenge to WFP operations due to delays in clearances and […]
Day: October 1, 2021
UNHCR Regional Update #22: Ethiopia Situation (Tigray Region), 30 September 2021
ETHIOPIA On 30 September, the Government of Ethiopia announced that seven UN officials from three organizations (OCHA, UNICEF and OHCHR) had been designated ‘persona non grata’ and asked to leave the country. The UN Secretary General expressed shock in a statement, indicating the UN is “engaging with the Government of Ethiopia in the expectation that […]
IOM Northern Ethiopia response: 13 – 26 September 2021
IOM’s multi-sectoral response in northern Ethiopia was initiated in November 2020, with quick actions taken to support conflict-affected populations in collective displacement sites and host communities. Since then, IOM has significantly scaled up its response in Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions. Some of the key achievements in 2021 to date include: 292,000 individuals [290,000 in […]
Report: Resilient Generation: supporting young people’s prospects for decent work in the drylands of east and west Africa
By Mairi Dupar Emma Lovell Vidya Diwakar Olivia Walmsley Camille Balcou Beza Tesfaye Vaidehi Krishnan This report reviews opportunities for young people in the drylands of Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, Somalia, Sudan and Mali to pursue climate-resilient decent work, and provides key recommendations. The east and west regions of Africa have a young population — […]
Desert Locust Bulletin 516 (1 October 2021)
WESTERN REGION: CALM SITUATION. Scattered hoppers and adults from local breeding in Mali and Chad. FORECAST. No significant developments. CENTRAL REGION: THREAT SITUATION. Control operations continue in northern Somalia (9 972 ha treated) and started in eastern Ethiopia (3 657 ha) against a few remaining small spring-bred immature swarms; hopper bands and new immature swarms form in […]
Ethiopia: Decision to expel UN staff could put aid operations at risk
The decision to expel United Nations staff from Ethiopia could affect aid distribution in the war-torn north of the country, where needs and displacement are rising, UN humanitarians said on Friday. Engagement between the UN and the Government continues after the Ethiopian authorities on Thursday declared seven of the organization’s staff personae non grata and […]