Nearly 96,000 refugees are affected by the crisis and are in need of protection and health services as well.
The plan seeks US$75.7 million to provide life-saving assistance to people affected by the conflict in Tigray, Afar, and Amhara regions.
Category: Refugee Crisis
Ending Tigray conflict will test UK’s claim to be ‘force for good’
More than 1.7 million people have been displaced within Ethiopia by the fighting, according to the UN, and there have been widespread reports of rape, massacres and attacks on health facilities.
“The FCDO must do everything in its power to ensure humanitarian access, and bring sanctions against those who try to obstruct delivery of vital food, water, healthcare and shelter,”
‘Cruel’ trafficker accused of torturing refugees found guilty in Ethiopia
One of north Africa’s most notorious human traffickers, accused of extorting and torturing thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya, has been found guilty on five counts of smuggling and trafficking in Ethiopia.
“I was close to losing my sanity,” said one man who testified in court. “My friend attempted to hang himself. We were hopeless and surrounded by concrete and snipers.”
Tigray Crisis: Six Months On
Northern Ethiopia in the country’s Tigray region, displacing 2.2 million people. More than 60,000 people have fled the violence to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan, many of whom are women and children. Plan International is working at the border areas in eastern Sudan to monitor and provide assistance to people crossing the border.
Tigray crisis dents Ethiopia’s emerging image
Fighting continues in Ethiopia, despite Ethiopia’s premier Abiy Ahmed declaring victory over Tigrayan rebels in November 2020. With elections on the horizon, has the war in Tigray done more damage to Ethiopia’s unity?
“There is a full-scale war going on in Tigray. Sudan also invaded some 40 to 50 km (25 – 31 miles) of our border. There is also the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis with Egypt.”
CHILDREN PAY HEAVIEST PRICE IN ETHIOPIA’S TIGRAY CONFLICT
“I never thought I would fall in love with earphones like this, but trust me, sometimes it is the best solution to escape from reality,”
“The Diary of Anne Frank is so relevant in different ways to what is happening to so many teenage girls in Tigray. The current situation has forced teenagers and young kids to stay at home, away from school,”
UN: Rape used for political, military goals in Tigray
Rape and sexual violence are being used to pursue political and military goals in Ethiopia’s crisis-hit Tigray region, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said Tuesday.
“That is also what we have seen in the last six months in northern Ethiopia. The rapes there have not stopped,”
Ethiopia: Over 1 million displaced in Tigray, UNICEF
IOM achieved major milestones in Ethiopia in 2019. To list just a few, over 130,000 returning migrants were aUNICEF has denounced that over one million people have been displaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Fighting is continuing after the Ethiopian government’s military offensive started on November 4, 2020.
“The personal statements I received from children who had been raped or testimonies of women who were victims of sexual violence were harrowing”,
IOM in Ethiopia: Annual report 2019-2020
IOM achieved major milestones in Ethiopia in 2019. To list just a few, over 130,000 returning migrants were assisted, 80,000 potential migrants were supported through behaviour change communication to discourage irregular migration, 6,000 returning migrants benefitted from reintegration and protection services, 160,000 medical consultations and health assessments were conducted, 655,000 individuals benefitted from shelter and non-food items, and 630,000 individuals benefitted from water, sanitation, and hygiene services. In its Africa continental initiatives through the African Union (AU), IOM supported the African Union Commission (AUC)’s Youth Division in its target of reaching 1 million youth by 2021 through education, empowerment, employment and engagement.
‘Look after my babies’: In Ethiopia, a Tigray family’s quest
The violence had broken out in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region at the worst possible time for Abraha and his family. Their village of Mai Kadra was caught in the first known massacre of a grinding war that has killed thousands of ethnic Tigrayans like them.
Abraha pleaded with his wife, writhing from post-childbirth complications, to be silent, as any noise could bring gunmen to his door. His two young sons watched in fear.