HIGHLIGHTS Delivery of supplies into Tigray are far below the requirement to sustain assistance to 5.2 million people. The spill over of the conflict into the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara is significantly increasing humanitarian needs in both regions. Operations continue to be affected by lack of banking services, cash, fuel, electricity and telecommunications, […]
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Migration Response Centres (MRCs) East and Horn of Africa (1 January – 31 July 2021)
REGIONAL OVERVIEW: JULY 2021 A total of 1,210 migrants were registered at MRCs across the region in July, a 37% increase compared to June and the highest number of registrations recorded so far during this year. This brings the total registrations in 2021 to 5,555 migrants. The largest number of migrants were registered in Metema […]
UNHCR Protection Brief – Ethiopia: Tigray region – July 2021
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region precipitated a major protection crisis with an estimated two million people forced to flee their homes, thousands of civilians injured or killed and exposed to serious harm, including gender-based violence. Those who fled often did so with nothing but a few belongings, stripped of any income and means of […]
Displacement Tracking Matrix – Mid-year Regional Snapshot – January – June 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, low monitoring, registrations, and surveys). As of June 2021, DTM in the region tracked 9.0M Internally […]
Emergency Site Assessment: Northern Ethiopia Crisis 7 – Data Collection: 1 – 26 June 2021 | Publication Date: 13 August 2021
BACKGROUND: In early November 2020, the regional party of Tigray allegedly attacked the Northern Command of Ethiopia’s National Defense Force in Mekelle, Tigray region, prompting a military offensive from the federal government of Ethiopia. Following this, conflict broke out in the north of Ethiopia and this has displaced many from their homes. OVERVIEW: From 1— […]
Transcript | Prime Minister’s Office Press Briefing – 12 August 2021
Key Issues of the week include: 1. Afar Civilian Attacks Reports have come in that a few days ago TPLF have attacked civilians in Galikoma at a health clinic and school being used to shelter internally displaced persons. Stockpile of food reserved for humanitarian assistance has also been destroyed Relatedly, the Afar region have declared […]