Ethiopia: Asylum seekers trapped in appalling conditions in Gambella region
April 9, 2021Thousands of asylum seekers from South Sudan have been stuck for months in appalling conditions in a reception centre in Gambella region, western Ethiopia. People are without meaningful access to essential services, especially food. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is worried that...
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Ethiopia Tigray crisis: People left with few healthcare options in Tigray as facilities looted, destroyed
March 15, 2021ADDIS ABABA – Health facilities across Ethiopia’s Tigray region have been looted, vandalised and destroyed in a deliberate and widespread attack on healthcare, according to teams from Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Of 106 health facilities visited by MSF teams between mid-December...
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Ethiopia: Providing assistance to people in Ethiopia and Sudan in wake of Tigray violence
January 13, 2021Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia after fighting broke out in early November 2020, according to OCHA [1]. Some 50,000 people have crossed into Sudan as refugees, while many...
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Sudan: MSF providing medical care and assistance in Sudan to people fleeing violence in Ethiopia
November 27, 2020On 4 November, Ethiopia’s prime minister ordered military action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region, in northern Ethiopia, following an attack on a military base. The escalating conflict is now affecting hundreds of thousands of people,...
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