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The United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) today released key operational updates from the refugee response in Ethiopia, including Eritrean refugees in Tigray and efforts to prevent and respond to COVID-19. COVID-19 context: As of 7 May 2021, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 261,580 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 3,840 deaths in the country. A total of 1,287,801 people in priority groups were vaccinated against COVID-19, including 1,218 refugees. Tigray Emergency: The humanitarian situation across the Tigray Region remains deeply concerning for refugees, the in...

English News and Press Release on Ethiopia about Education and Protection and Human Rights; published on 06 May 2021 by JRS

Education Of Refugee Children How It Helped Put Their Trauma Behind Ed Holt The New Nation Inter Press Service: Eighteen-year-old Chuol Nyakoach lives in the Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. Chuol is grateful that despite the trauma she has already experienced in her young life, she is able to continue her education in the refugee camp. Learning has given her a reason to wake up every day. The Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp is the largest in the area, comprising some 82,000 South Sudanese refugees, many of whom fled their homes in South Sudan after the escalating confli...

Education Cannot Wait’s funding has helped provide education to 140,000 pre-primary, primary and secondary refugee school children — 38 percent of whom are girls — in the Gambella and Benishangul Gumuz regions. South Sudanese girls in grade two learning at Tierkidi School No. 3, Refugee Camp, Itang Woreda, Gambella Region. Credit: UNICEF Ethiopia/2018/Mersha May 4 2021 (IPS) - Eighteen-year-old Chuol Nyakoach lives in the Nguenyyiel Refugee Camp in Gambella, Ethiopia. Chuol is grateful that despite the trauma she has already experienced in her young life, she is able to continue her ed...

Ethiopia - Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 8 March 2021 Format HIGHLIGHTS The Prime Minister, on 3 March, announced that aid agencies can operate in the region by providing a notification to the Ministry of Peace. Following this significant development, organizations have begun notifying the Ministry, and the humanitarian community is working to urgently improve access to rural areas. Violence and lack of assistance in rural areas continue to drive displacement of people searching for safety and aid in the main towns across Tigray. Partners continue to receive reports of l...