Dire food insecurity situation in northern areas due to conflict Highlights In northern Tigray Region and neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions, conflict has severely damaged rural livelihood systems and displaced about 3.2 million people. In Tigray Region, crop production of the main 2021 “Meher” harvest, currently underway, is estimated to be 58 percent below the […]
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Ethiopia: $40 million in aid relief for victims ‘living on a knife-edge’
As the humanitarian crisis grows in Ethiopia’s conflict-affected north, the UN announced on Monday that $40 million in funds have been made available to scale up emergency operations. The UN’s top emergency relief official, Martin Griffiths, said that millions of people in northern Ethiopia are now “living on a knife-edge, as the humanitarian crisis is growing deeper and wider”. After returning from visiting Ethiopia, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said […]
UN Announces $40 Million to Support Ethiopia Humanitarian Aid
U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths allocated $40 million on Monday to support life-saving aid and civilian protection efforts in Ethiopia amidst ongoing conflict and drought. According to an announcement from the U.N., $25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund will be allocated, as well as $15 million from the Ethiopia Humanitarian Fund. The funds […]
IGAD Congratulates Somalia for Successful Completion of Upper House Election
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu has congratulated the Somali government and people for the successful completion of the election of the Upper House of parliament.According to a press release IGAD …
South Regional State Donates 380 Mil Birr to ENDF
South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Regional State (SNNPR) has provided 380 million birr worth of support to the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF).The has donated 380 million birr in cash and other support to the Ethiopian National Defense…
IOM Northern Ethiopia response: 25 October – 7 November 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 and provided over 1,023,000 instances of multi-sectoral assistance to people in need in 2021 […]