Ethiopia – Tigray Conflict Fact Sheet #6 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
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4.5 MILLION People in Tigray Requiring Humanitarian Assistance UN – March 2021
4 MILLION Estimated Number of People in Urgent Need of Food Assistance Food Security Cluster – January 2021
2.3 MILLION People Targeted Through the Northern Ethiopia HRP UN – December 2020
62,383 Ethiopian Refugees Arriving in Eastern Sudan Since November UNHCR – April 2021
Ongoing disruptions to communications services and lack of emergency communications equipment continue to hinder the expansion of humanitarian operations beyond town centers and main roads. The DART and USG leadership continue to advocate for the importation of communications equipment.
Food assistance and agriculture support are urgently required in areas of Tigray projected to face Crisis and Emergency levels of acute food insecurity through September to prevent extreme food consumption gaps and avert excess mortality.
Ethiopia – Tigray Conflict Fact Sheet #5 Fiscal Year (FY) 2021
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GoE – 2017
UN – March 2021
Food Security Cluster – January 2021
2.3 MILLION People Targeted Through the Northern Ethiopia HRP
UN – December 2020
UNHCR – March 2021
The conflict in Tigray will likely result in Emergency levels of acute food insecurity in central and eastern areas of the region through at least September, according to FEWS NET.
From March 19 to 21, Senator Christopher Coons travelled to Ethiopia to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Tigray with GoE officials, including PM Abiy Ahmed.
On March 22, DART members joined a USG trip to Mekele to meet with government officials and humanitarian partners, as well as observe stark conditions at an IDP site.