A simultaneous outbreak of cholera and measles is posing a deadly threat in Ethiopia, East Africa, especially for children who have been suffering from malnutrition. According to Save The Children International (SCI), over 3oo cases of cholera were recorded in January with the disease affecting Oromia community in Ethiopia and some regions of Somalia. In …
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After two years of war, Ethiopia’s federal army and Tigrayan regional forces have agreed to sign a peace treaty that will ensure a permanent ceasefire and long-term peace in the conflict region. However, experts believe successful implementation of the agreement will be difficult. According to Alan Boswell, project director for the Horn of Africa at …
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Women and girls are paying a “high price” in the many crises facing Ethiopia, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed. In the south of the country 25 million people have been adversely affected by ‘climate shocks’, first drought then flooding. In the north, a war rages between Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People’s …
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced on Tuesday, July 5, that he met with Sudan’s General Abdel-Fatah Al-Burhane on the sidelines of an Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) summit to initiate peace talks. This comes just a few days after the border crisis between the two countries led to fresh disputes. “We have both agreed …
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Aid materials, including medical supplies, are insufficient to sustain life in conflict-ridden Tigray, Northeast Ethiopia, despite a humanitarian cease-fire reached in March, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Ghebreyesus said not enough supplies were reaching Tigray where the fighting between Ethiopian government forces and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation …
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The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) says continuous conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray has displaced ‘tens of thousands’ of people in Amhara and Afar regions. The displaced, according to ICRC, are currently living in grave conditions after the shifting conflict forced them to flee their homes in search of safety. Nicolas Von Arx, the head …
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a sum of $1.2 million from the Republic of Korea to support five vulnerable countries who suffer from conflict, natural disaster, and climate change to provide basic amenities and humanitarian activities. Nigeria, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso, Madagascar, and South Sudan are the five vulnerable countries that will …
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The Ethiopia Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Item (ES/NFI) headed by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, Aug. 17, that $27 million is urgently needed to continue providing emergency shelter and other assistance for those internally displaced in Tigray. “A total of 629,000 [people] have been reached with lifesaving emergency shelter and non-food …
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The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said more than 100,000 children in Tigray, Ethiopia, could suffer from life-threatening severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in the next 12 months, a ten-fold increase to normal numbers. The malnutrition estimates for children were based on an analysis of data from weekly Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) screenings conducted by …
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Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)/Doctors Without Borders, an International NGO, says its medical teams in Gedaref’s Umm Rakouba camp and Al Hashaba/Village have received 278 patients suffering from Hepatitis E. The organisation said 16 of the patients including three pregnant women were hospitalised. Hepatitis E is a contagious virus obtained from drinking contaminated water with faecal …
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The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR has expressed concerns over the situation of refugees in two refugee camps in Ethiopia’s region, calling on parties to the violent conflict in the region to create access for humanitarian services. Babar Baloch, UNHCR spokesperson, at a press briefing on Tuesday, July 27, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva …
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With almost four million people in need of emergency food assistance in Tigray, Ethiopia, the WFP has convoyed 50 trucks consisting of a 48,000-litre fuel tanker, 29 food trucks, six trucks with mobile storage units and other items, and 14 trucks with health, wash, shelter and nutrition items for the humanitarian community, with the collaboration …
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