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I remain extremely troubled by the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and its impact on civilians, in particular Eritrean refugees
UNHCR Ethiopia COVID-19 and Operational Update 11 January 2021 Format 42,695 Handwashing facilities in camps 2,509 Health and community workers trained COVID-19 Operational Context As of 07 January 2021, the Ethiopian Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 127,227 coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 1,966 deaths in the country. Ethiopia is currently registering the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the Horn of Africa. **COVID-19 Prevention and Response The Government’s Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR, together with the Regional Health Bureaus and other health partners co...
Ongoing fighting in Tigray may cause secondary displacement, UNHCR says Addis Getachew | 12.11.2020 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia The UN Refugee Agency said on Thursday that the spreading war in Tigray region of Ethiopia may cause secondary displacements of Eritrea's refugees sheltered at various camps. "UNHCR, in partnership with the Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA), UN agencies and NGO partners has been extending protection and humanitarian assistance to over 96,000 Eritrean refugees who are mostly sheltered in refugee camps, and ...
25,000 refugees in Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies December 28, 2020 File photo shows the Tigray region facing some of the toughest development challenges in Ethiopia. — courtesy UNICEF/Zerihun Sewunet GENEVA — Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. "Families, women, men, children — even new-borns — have been cut off from supplies and essential services for many weeks, so this distribut...
The United Nations Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October. “Families, women, men, children – even new-borns – have been cut off from supplies and essential services for many weeks, so this distribution was urgently needed,” said Ann Encontre, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ethiopia. In coordination with federal Ethiopian authorities, a convoy of 18 trucks delivered nearly 250 metric tons of corn soya blend, grains, puls...