OVERVIEW The International Organization for Migration (IOM) operates a Migration Response Centre (MRC) in the Obock region in Djibouti, to assist migrants who wish to return to their countries of origin after attempts to emigrate or upon return from the Arabian Peninsula. With the set-up of the MRC in Obock in 2011, a team of […]
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Displacement Tracking Matrix – East and Horn of Africa Mid-year Regional Snapshot January – June 2021 (Publication: August 2021)
DTM Overview 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, !ow monitoring, registrations, and surveys). As of June 2021, DTM in the region tracked 9.0M Internally […]
Ethiopia Humanitarian Bulletin Issue #11 2 – 16 August 2021
HIGHLIGHTS Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, called on all parties of the conflict to stop fighting and ensure unfettered humanitarian access to all the people affected by the continuing conflict in Ethiopia. “It was heart-breaking to see the scale of devastation and families who, to this day, do not have […]
Australia’s NSW Announces Snap Lockdown
The Australian state of New South Wales announced a snap lockdown Saturday due to the coronavirus pandemic, with the seven-day, statewide lockdown to begin Saturday evening. Schools will close for at least a week. “This is literally a war,” Gladys Berejiklian, the state’s premier, said. “The delta strain is diabolical.” Saturday was the state’s worst […]
Botswana Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Rising Death Toll
GABORONE, BOTSWANA – Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose country has one of the world’s highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita, has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including extension of a nighttime curfew and postponement of the reopening of schools. In a televised address, Masisi said the country was seeing an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases. “The […]
Shane Alliance with Terrorist TPLF Exposes True Nature of Group: Residents of Adama City
Inhabitants of Adama city said the alliance of Shane group with the other terrorist group TPLF, which killed and plundered the Oromo people, clearly shows its true nature. The youth Derese Adugna told ENA that it is amazing that the Shene group which claims to stand for the rights of the Oromo joins a group […]