Background Over one month after the declaration of a unilateral ceasefire by the Federal Government on June 28, followed by the pull out of Ethiopian Defense Forces and control of most of the Tigray Region by the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), the situation remains highly unpredictable and uncertain across Northern Ethiopian. Although humanitarian partners […]
General
Displacement Tracking Matrix – East and Horn of Africa Regional Snapshot – July 2021
The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) in the East and Horn of Africa (EHoA) region is currently active in six countries (Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, and Uganda), and its methodology includes four main components (mobility tracking, flow monitoring, registrations, and surveys). As of July 2021, DTM in the region tracked 9.1M Internally Displaced Persons […]
The Ethiopian Diplomat
The Ethiopian Diplomat said Sudan and Egypt should be willing to negotiate on the issue of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Ambassador Ibrahim Idris, a negotiating expert and diplomat for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam availed himself in the inauguration of Awash and Wabi Shebele Basin and the National Workshop on the current status of […]
UNHCR South Sudan: Refugee Returnee Household Survey (Apr – Jun 2021)
From November 2017 to June 2021, UNHCR verified that 403,555 South Sudanese refugees have returned to South Sudan, out of which 282,869 have arrived since October 2018 after signing the revitalized peace agreement. To learn more about the challenges they face and their plans for the future, UNHCR conducts an in-depth household-level survey of returnees […]
UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, July 2021
Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 788,972 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of 31 July 2021. The overwhelming majority originate from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan. 3,810 refugees, who meet the Government’s prioritization criteria, have received the first dose, while 104 refugees were fully vaccinated for COVID-19. UNHCR, the national […]
Sanctioning Eritrean Military Leader in Connection with Human Rights Abuse in Ethiopia
The United States is designating the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) Chief of Staff General Filipos Woldeyohannes (Filipos) for his connection with serious human rights abuse committed during the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia. Filipos is designated pursuant to Executive Order 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators […]