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Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray
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News: WFP warns that millions could fall deeper into hunger as it faces ‘major funding shortfall’ in Ethiopia
By Addis Standard Staff Addis Abeba, December 6, 2021- The United Nations World Food Programme said in a statement that its ability to meet the critical food and nutrition needs of millions of people in Ethiopia due to shortage of funding. WFP said it has a funding gap of US$579 …
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News: 40 trucks humanitarian supplies allowed entry; no medicine, fuel; humanitarian flights resume to Mekelle
Addis Abeba, November 25, 2021- The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) yestserday announced that almost 40 trucks with humanitarian supplies, including food, departed Semera yesterday for Tigray. “This is the first convoy since 18 October,” the report said. However “trucks containing fuel and medical supplies …
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News: Alarming military confrontation risks to outpace “nascent progress” of a negotiated process: US envoy
Addis Abeba, November 24/2021 – In a statement he gave upon his return to the US following his latest visit to Ethiopia, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman said there was “some nascent progress in trying to get the parties to move from a military …