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Ethiopia: UN chief ‘gravely concerned’ by escalation in fighting across Tigray

New York: The UN Secretary-General issued a statement on Saturday expressing grave concern over the escalation of fighting in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where Government troops and separatist forces have been locked in conflict since November 2020.

Fight against human trafficking must be strengthened in Ethiopia’s wartorn north

New York: Throughout Ethiopia’s Tigray, Afar and Amhar regions, women and girls are becoming increasingly vulnerable to abduction and sex trafficking as they flee ongoing armed conflict, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned on Monday.

Ethiopia: Civilians again mired in intractable and deadly war, Human Rights Council hears

New York: Ethiopia’s people are once again “mired…in the intractable and deadly consequences” of conflict between Government troops and forces loyal to Tigrayan separatist fighters, who are all likely responsible for war crimes, top rights investigators said on Thursday.

WHO Boss Tedros says he is unable to send money to 'starving' family

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, has revealed he is unable to send money to his "starving" relatives in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region.

Ethiopia: Massive fuel theft puts WFP operations in Tigray at risk

New York: The robbery of over half a million tonnes of fuel from the World Food Programme (WFP) in Ethiopia’s Tigray region will make it impossible to continue operations that support millions of hungry people, the UN agency said on Thursday.

Drought, hunger and fighting leave Ethiopia in ‘very difficult humanitarian situation’

New York: Amidst deteriorating levels of malnutrition and Ethiopia’s worst drought in 40 years, 17 million people are being targeted for humanitarian assistance, the UN spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Pilots fall asleep while flying at 37,000 feet, miss landing at Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa

In a bizarre incident, two Ethiopian Airlines pilots fell asleep while flying a plane on way from Sudan's Khartoum to Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, leaving them to miss their landing.

Ethiopia: Without immediate funding, 750,000 refugees will have ‘nothing to eat’

New York: UN agencies appealed on Tuesday for $73 million over the next six months to provide food rations to more than 750,000 people seeking refuge in Ethiopia.

Ethiopia: Loan from UN fund allows FAO to scale up fertilizers for farmers in Tigray

New York: A $10 million loan from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) will allow the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to scale up the procurement of fertilizers to support farmers in the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, the agency announced on Monday.

UN delegation returns from human rights fact-finding mission in Ethiopia

New York: Three UN-appointed independent human rights experts returned from Ethiopia on Tuesday after working to negotiate access to areas important for investigations.

Conflict, drought, dwindling food support, threatens lives of 20 million in Ethiopia

New York: Hunger is tightening its grip on more than 20 million Ethiopians who are facing conflict in the north, drought in the south and dwindling food and nutrition support beginning next month, the UN food relief agency warned on Thursday.

Ethiopian migrants head home on first ever return flight from Yemen's Ma'rib

New York: For the first time ever, 150 Ethiopian migrants are flying to Addis Ababa on a Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) flight from Yemen’s conflict-affected Ma’rib governarate, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.

Ethiopia: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed

New York: A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday.

Ethiopia conflict: thousands of Eritrean refugees flee new deadly attack on camp

New York: Thousands of Eritrean refugees sheltering at a camp in the Ethiopian Afar region, have fled following a deadly attack on the facility earlier this month, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday.

Ethiopia: UNHCR rushing aid to 20,000 refugees fleeing clashes

New York: UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, and partners are rushing life-saving aid to more than 20,000 refugees after they fled clashes in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region, bordering Sudan and South Sudan.