A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the UN says
4 years, 1 month ago

A full-scale humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Ethiopia, the UN says

CNN  

CNN — A full-scale humanitarian crisis is developing in the Horn of Africa as thousands of people flee ongoing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Tuesday. “UNHCR, with its partners, is supporting the Sudanese government in its response, ramping up humanitarian assistance at the borders as the needs continue to grow.” Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive in the restive Tigray region on November 4 after accusing its ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, of attacking federal troops in the northern region, which borders Eritrea and Sudan. After announcing that it was “at war” with the TPLF, the federal army has since stepped up its military offensive, carrying out air strikes as part of Prime Minister and Nobel laureate Ahmed’s “law enforcement operation,” which has led to clashes across the area. Speaking at the State House in Nairobi on Monday, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta urged the fighting parties to find a “peaceful means to end the crisis.” He warned against a full-blown conflict in Tigray, saying Kenya and Ethiopia have for long served as “anchor states for regional peace and stability,” according to a statement.

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Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Uganda struggles to feed more than 1.7 million refugees as international support dwindles

The Independent  

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Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns
9 months ago

Sudan one of the ‘worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory’, UN warns

Al Jazeera  

The UN says a ‘humanitarian travesty’ is playing out in Sudan amid international inattention and inaction. “By all measures – the sheer scale of humanitarian needs, the numbers of people displaced and facing hunger – Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory,” Edem Wosornu, director of operations at the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian …

UN refugee chief warns Europe of a new influx of Sudanese migrants if Sudan's conflict continues
10 months, 2 weeks ago

UN refugee chief warns Europe of a new influx of Sudanese migrants if Sudan's conflict continues

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The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says
1 year, 3 months ago

The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country, the U.N. humanitarian chief warned on Friday. He added that hundreds of thousands of Sudanese children are severely malnourished “and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.” “A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of …

Sudan crisis: UN warns of possible exodus of over 8,00,000 people due to ongoing conflict
1 year, 7 months ago

Sudan crisis: UN warns of possible exodus of over 8,00,000 people due to ongoing conflict

Hindustan Times  

The fighting raging in Sudan could spur more than 800,000 people to flee into neighbouring countries, the United Nations warned Monday. "UNHCR, with governments and partners, is preparing for the possibility that over 800,000 people may flee the fighting in Sudan for neighbouring countries," the agency's chief Filippo Grandi said in a tweet. More than 500 people have been reported …

Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopian rebels propose humanitarian truce amid drought

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — An Ethiopian rebel group has proposed a humanitarian truce to facilitate assistance to hungry people in the country’s Oromia region as it warns of famine. The OLA offered “to cooperate with a declaration of humanitarian truce to allow humanitarian agencies to deliver assistance to affected areas,” the statement by spokesman Odaa Tarbii said. The group added it …

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday announced what it called an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. “It should also serve as an essential foundation of an inclusive political process to achieve progress towards common security and prosperity for all the people of Ethiopia.” …

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopia’s government has declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately”, saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government “is committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency humanitarian aid into the Tigray region,” it said in a statement on …

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia
2 years, 10 months ago

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia

The Hindu  

African leaders are meeting on February 5 at a summit that is expected to discuss the continent’s most pressing challenges, including a new wave of coups in West Africa and a slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his opening remarks called for cooperation among African nations in demanding two permanent seats on the UN …

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia
2 years, 10 months ago

Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — African leaders are meeting Saturday at a summit that is expected to discuss the continent’s most pressing challenges, including a new wave of coups in West Africa and a slow response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in his opening remarks called for cooperation among African nations in demanding two permanent seats on …

UN: ‘Extreme lack of food’ for many in Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 10 months ago

UN: ‘Extreme lack of food’ for many in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — More than a third of the people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region “are suffering an extreme lack of food,” the United Nations World Food Program said in a new assessment of a region under a months-long government blockade. The government in part has blamed problems with aid delivery on insecurity it says is caused by Tigray forces, …

UN chief cites ‘demonstrable effort’ at peace in Ethiopia
2 years, 11 months ago

UN chief cites ‘demonstrable effort’ at peace in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations secretary-general said Wednesday he was delighted to hear “there is now a demonstrable effort to make peace” in Ethiopia after more than 14 months of war, but he gave no details. Antonio Guterres’ statement came after a call with African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo following the envoy’s latest visit to Addis Ababa and the …

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war
3 years ago

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has issued a new order aiming to restrict media reporting of the country’s yearlong war, prohibiting the sharing of non-official information on “military-related movements, battlefront results and situations.” The statement released late Thursday, which applies to everyone in the country, also warns that “supporting the directly or indirectly in the name of freedom of speech …

Ethiopia ‘descending into widening civil war’: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia ‘descending into widening civil war’: UN

Al Jazeera  

Along with AU envoy, UN’s Rosemary DiCarlo called for an immediate cessation of hostilities as crisis in Tigray widens. UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo has said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real”, adding that the political repercussions of “intensifying violence in the wider region would be immense, compounding the many crises besetting the …

Ethiopia to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia to expel UN officials amid fears of Tigray famine

CNN  

Nairobi, Kenya CNN — Ethiopia is expelling seven senior United Nations officials, just days after the UN’s aid chief warned the war-torn northern Tigray region was descending into famine due to the government’s blockade of aid deliveries. We’re deeply concerned that this action continues a pattern by the Ethiopian government of obstructing the delivery of food, medicine and other lifesaving …

The AP Interview: Ethiopia crisis ‘stain on our conscience’
3 years, 2 months ago

The AP Interview: Ethiopia crisis ‘stain on our conscience’

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The crisis in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience,” the United Nations humanitarian chief said, as children and others starve to death in the Tigray region under what the U.N. has called a de facto government blockade of food, medical supplies and fuel. “That’s what keeps people awake at night,” Griffiths said, “is worrying about whether …

Ethiopia crisis 'stain on our conscience' : UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths
3 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia crisis 'stain on our conscience' : UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths

The Hindu  

The crisis in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience,” the United Nations humanitarian chief said, as children and others starve to death in the Tigray region under what the U.N. has called a de facto government blockade of food, medical supplies and fuel. “That’s what keeps people awake at night," Mr. Griffiths said, "is worrying about whether that’s what …

UN chief says ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Ethiopia
3 years, 3 months ago

UN chief says ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolding in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres tells the UN Security Council the conflict in Tigray is threatening the country’s social fabric. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned the Security Council the conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the Tigray region and “a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes”. Meanwhile, Debretsion Gebremichael, leader of Tigray forces that the government attacked in November, expressed his …

UN says humanitarian conditions ‘hellish’ in Ethiopia’s war
3 years, 4 months ago

UN says humanitarian conditions ‘hellish’ in Ethiopia’s war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations secretary-general said Thursday that humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia are “hellish” as the nine-month Tigray conflict spreads in Africa’s second most populous country. Antonio Guterres told reporters that the spread of the fighting “has ensnared even more people in its horror.” Thousands of people have been killed since November, hundreds of thousands inside Tigray face …

Tigray: Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing famine conditions.
3 years, 6 months ago

Tigray: Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing famine conditions.

CNN  

CNN — Over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-ravaged Tigray region are experiencing dire hunger, finds a new report by the United Nations and other aid groups. As of May 2021, a total of 5.5 million people in Tigray and the neighbouring zones of Amhara and Afar are facing “high levels of acute food insecurity” with 353,000 facing catastrophic levels. Alex …

UN warns famine imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
3 years, 6 months ago

UN warns famine imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

UN humanitarian chief warns the lives of hundreds of thousands of people are at risk, with famine imminent. The United Nations humanitarian chief has warned that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as well as the country’s north and there is a risk that hundreds of thousands of people or more will die. The international community needs to …

People face ‘horrific’ situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray: WHO chief
3 years, 7 months ago

People face ‘horrific’ situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray: WHO chief

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region is facing a horrifying situation with people dying of hunger, health services destroyed and rape “rampant”, according to the World Health Organization chief, who is from the region. At the same time, health services have been looted and destroyed, he said, adding that “the majority of them are not functioning.” Aid access The WHO chief also …

‘Emaciated’ survivors hint at worse in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Emaciated’ survivors hint at worse in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — “Many, many severe cases of malnutrition” are being reported in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, Red Cross officials said Wednesday, as 80% of Tigray’s 6 million people are unreachable in the fourth month of fighting and “emaciated” women and children fill displacement camps. Reports of people already starving to death might just be a handful, but “after a …

UN, Ethiopia strike a deal over aid workers’ access to Tigray
3 years, 10 months ago

UN, Ethiopia strike a deal over aid workers’ access to Tigray

Al Jazeera  

World Food Programme says it will ‘scale up’ operations in embattled northern region after reaching a deal with Addis Ababa. The United Nations’ food agency says it has reached a deal with Ethiopia to expand access for aid workers and “scale up” operations in the country’s conflict-hit Tigray region. The government and the WFP “have agreed on concrete steps to …

UN warns situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’
3 years, 10 months ago

UN warns situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray now ‘extremely alarming’

Al Jazeera  

UN says most of the troubled region remains ‘inaccessible’ for aid workers amid growing hunger due to ongoing fighting. Life for civilians in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region has become “extremely alarming and continues to deteriorate rapidly” as hunger grows and fighting remains an obstacle to aid reaching millions of people, the United Nations has said. The aid response remains “drastically …

Ethiopia: UN says 20,000 refugees missing in Tigray
3 years, 10 months ago

Ethiopia: UN says 20,000 refugees missing in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Two camps destroyed during fighting in November left thousands of mostly Eritrean refugees vulnerable, caught in conflict, says UN. As many as 20,000 refugees are missing after two camps in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region were destroyed, the United Nations said. Hundreds of thousands displaced Ethiopian federal troops entered Tigray in response to an alleged attack on November 4 and toppled …

UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years, 11 months ago

UN fears ‘massive’ COVID transmission in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations fears “massive community transmission” of COVID-19 in Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region, fueled by displacement and the collapse of health services, as humanitarian workers finally begin to access the region two months after fighting began. A new U.N. report based on the first on-the-ground assessments confirms some of the grim concerns around Tigray’s some 6 …

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling’ impact on civilians
4 years ago

UN: Ethiopia’s conflict has ‘appalling’ impact on civilians

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s situation is “spiraling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned Wednesday. But Ethiopia is rejecting calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region, saying it “doesn’t need a baby-sitter.” And the U.N. secretary-general announced a new agreement with Ethiopia …

Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis
4 years ago

Ethiopia’s conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis

Associated Press  

HAMDAYET, Sudan — Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and strained local humanitarian services to the breaking point. “The people that are fleeing from conflict and violence are also fleeing for their lives,” U.N. refugee chief Filippo …

Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrean troops are part of the conflict and the war is far from over
4 years ago

Forces from Ethiopia’s Tigray region say Eritrean troops are part of the conflict and the war is far from over

CNN  

CNN — An official from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front has told CNN the war in Ethiopia is far from over and that Eritrean troops are part of the conflict. “We withdrew from Mekelle because we did not want to give them the pretext to bombard the city back to the stone age, to indiscriminately bombard and destroy the town,” …

UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia
4 years ago

UN: Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees in Ethiopia

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The United Nations says food has now run out for the nearly 100,000 refugees from Eritrea who have been sheltering in camps in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, which has been cut off from the world for nearly a month amid fighting. We are also alarmed at unconfirmed reports of attacks, abductions and forced recruitment at the refugee …

UN says Sudan needs $150m to help Ethiopian refugees
4 years ago

UN says Sudan needs $150m to help Ethiopian refugees

Al Jazeera  

Sudan hosting more than 43,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Tigray into one of its most impoverished regions. Sudan needs $150m in aid to cope with the flood of Ethiopian refugees crossing its border from conflict-stricken Tigray, the United Nations refugee agency chief has said during a visit to a camp. Sudan has since hosted more than 43,000 Ethiopian refugees fleeing …

UN warns of ‘very critical’ shortages in Ethiopia’s Tigray
4 years ago

UN warns of ‘very critical’ shortages in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations says shortages have become “very critical” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region as its population of 6 million remains sealed off and its capital is under threat of attack by Ethiopian forces seeking to arrest the regional leaders. Communications and travel links remain severed with the Tigray region since the deadly conflict broke out on November 4. Travel …

Ethiopia enters ‘final phase’ of operation in Tigray region - Prime Minister
4 years ago

Ethiopia enters ‘final phase’ of operation in Tigray region - Prime Minister

CNN  

Nairobi, Kenya CNN — Ethiopia has entered the “final phase” of a “law enforcement” military operation in the northern restive region of Tigray after a 72-hour deadline to surrender expired, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed tweeted in a statement on Thursday. “The last peaceful gate which had remained open for the TPLF clique to walk through have now been firmly closed,” …

Ethiopia’s Tigray: These refugees fled a town littered with corpses. They join tens of thousands making the journey to Sudan
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray: These refugees fled a town littered with corpses. They join tens of thousands making the journey to Sudan

CNN  

CNN — Oyeb Bari was woken by the sounds of guns and live ammunition on the night of November 9. The incident camedays afterEthiopia’s federal government declared “war” with the region’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, earlier this month. “When we arrived, we found that many people had been killed or injured,” another local resident, whom Amnesty International …

People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on
4 years, 1 month ago

People go hungry in Ethiopia’s Tigray as conflict marches on

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — People are going hungry in Ethiopia’s rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government marches on its capital in a final push to win a two-week war. Abiy’s office on Wednesday tried to ease those fears, saying its “law enforcement operation” against a Tigray regional leadership it regards as illegal …

United Nations Sounds The Alarm On Humanitarian Crisis In Ethiopia
4 years, 1 month ago

United Nations Sounds The Alarm On Humanitarian Crisis In Ethiopia

NPR  

United Nations Sounds The Alarm On Humanitarian Crisis In Ethiopia The conflict in Ethiopia has prompted aid groups to sound the alarm on a deteriorating humanitarian situation as tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees flee the fighting into neighboring Sudan. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: As a war in Ethiopia enters its third week, it is pushing thousands of refugees into neighboring …

Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s PM vows ‘final and crucial’ offensive in Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s prime minister on Tuesday declared “the final and crucial” military operation will launch in the coming days against the government of the country’s rebellious Tigray region, while the United Nations warned of a “full-scale humanitarian crisis” with refugees fleeing and people in Tigray starting to go hungry. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said a three-day deadline given …

UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan
4 years, 1 month ago

UN: Over 25,300 fleeing Ethiopia fighting have reached Sudan

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Ethiopia’s growing conflict has resulted in more than 25,300 refugees fleeing the Tigray region into Sudan, the U.N. refugee agency said Monday, as fighting spilled beyond Ethiopia’s borders and threatened to inflame the Horn of Africa region. More than 5,000 refugees arrived in Sudan’s border provinces of Kassala and al-Qadarif on Sunday, the highest single-day number of arrivals …

Ethiopia’s conflict spills over border as thousands flee
4 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s conflict spills over border as thousands flee

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s deadly conflict with its northern Tigray region spilled over the border Tuesday as several thousand people fled into Sudan, along with soldiers seeking protection, while the Tigray regional leader accused Eritrea of attacking at the request of Ethiopia’s federal government. Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed rejected international pleas for dialogue with the Tigray …

UN raises alarm over refugee killings in Uganda settlement
4 years, 3 months ago

UN raises alarm over refugee killings in Uganda settlement

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — The United Nations refugee agency says it is “saddened and alarmed” after at least 10 refugees were killed in an attack last week by local residents in northern Uganda amid tensions over increasingly scarce resources. Ten refugees remain missing, the statement said, calling on local authorities to “search for them immediately.” It said the agency is working …

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