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Overview
Ethiopia faced multiple challenges in 2024, including regional conflicts, high food prices due to global conditions, and climatic shocks such as drought and flash floods. The Sudan conflict drove over 70,000 refugees into Ethiopia’s vulnerable Amhara and Benishangul-Gumuz regions, both of which were already struggling with increased humanitarian needs. By the end of 2024, Ethiopia hosted more than 1 million refugees.
As a leading humanitarian agency, WFP provided life-saving assistance to vulnerable populations affected by conflict, disasters, and climate shocks. WFP enhanced operational efficiency by integrating assurance measures, scaling up cash-based transfers (CBT), and reinforcing partnerships with national Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs). WFP remained agile in responding to climate shocks, displacement, and refugee influxes, while also advancing sustainable solutions to build long-term resilience and food security.
In alignment with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger, WFP's efforts, alongside the Government and other key stakeholders, played a critical role in addressing food insecurity and malnutrition. Overall, WFP assisted 8.6 million people in 2024, down from 9.6 million in 2023. WFP distributed more than 359,800 metric tons (mt) of food and USD 38 million in cash-based transfers (CBT) to vulnerable host communities, refugees, returnees, and internally displaced populations (IDPs). Of those reached, 51 percent were women, and 6 percent were persons with disabilities. Notably, children under 5, pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls constituted 60 percent of the people reached. Under its relief response, WFP reached 4.1 million crisis-affected individuals, a 28 percent decrease compared to 2023, but surpassing the 2024 target by 17 percent. In addition, WFP assisted 801,000 refugees, achieving 81 percent of its target. CBT was scaled up in the refugee response, with USD 5.2 million distributed in 2024, including to newly arrived Sudanese refugees in Benishangul-Gumuz and Somali region.