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HIGHLIGHTS The first EU Humanitarian Air Bridge flight arrived in Tigray, carrying supplies, including ready-to-use therapeutic food for severely malnourished children. The last humanitarian cargo...

HIGHLIGHTS EHF launched the 2021 second reserve allocation for a total amount of US$20 million to respond to new emerging critical needs and serve as a multiplier effect to scaleup the ongoing...

HIGHLIGHTS Less than 10 percent of the required humanitarian cargo, 2.2 percent of the necessary operational cash, and 28 percent of fuel has been able to reach Tigray since 12 July. Only 25% to 50%...

HIGHLIGHTS No trucks with humanitarian supplies have entered Tigray since 20 August. Food stocks are depleted since 20 August. Partners have ceased food distribution, with exception in some areas...

HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian access into Tigray remains restricted to one road through Afar Region, with insecurity, extended delays with clearances, and intense search at checkpoints. One hundred trucks...

HIGHLIGHTS • Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, called on all parties of the conflict to stop fighting and ensure unfettered...

HIGHLIGHTS Delivery of supplies into Tigray are far below the requirement to sustain assistance to 5.2 million people. The spill over of the conflict into the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara...

HIGHLIGHTS The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths, made a six-day mission to Ethiopia. Over 100,000 children could suffer from...

HIGHLIGHTS With humanitarian needs rapidly increasing across Tigray, aid organizations continue to report major challenges to access the region and deliver life-saving assistance. The last...

HIGHLIGHTS Over eight months on since the start of the conflict in Tigray, the humanitarian situation remains alarmingly dire and could further deteriorate if immediate action is not taken. Inside...

HIGHLIGHTS • The humanitarian operating environment has abruptly changed in Tigray Region following the declaration of an ‘immediate unilateral humanitarian’ ceasefire by the Ethiopian Government on...

HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian access within most of Tigray is significantly improving, with large areas now accessible while the flow of humanitarian supplies into the region remains blocked. Humanitarian...

Situation in Tigray (1 July 2021) The political dynamics have changed dramatically in Ethiopia's Tigray Region following the unilateral ceasefire declaration by the Ethiopian Government on 28 June...

HIGHLIGHTS Since the release of the latest Northern Ethiopia response plan on 1 May, about 3.7 million people reached with food aid out of the targeted 5.2 million (as of 22 June). While partners...

HIGHLIGHTS The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) shows that over 350,000 people are already facing catastrophic conditions (IPC 5). Since the Northern Ethiopia response plan on 1...

HIGHLIGHTS More than 3.3 million people of the targeted 5.2 million reached with food under the 2021 response plan since late March, reaching additional 567,000 people. About 482,000 people of the...

HIGHLIGHTS Partners are implementing CERF-funded anticipatory action projects to mitigate the impact of drought and prevent a food security crisis. The Federal and Regional Governments are preparing...

HIGHLIGHTS Hostilities have largely ceased along the boundary with Eritrea but access to these areas is often denied. Nine aid workers have been killed in Tigray since the start of the conflict,...

HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian needs continue to be grave, exceeding to current capacities. While some areas were accessible, others remain hard to reach due to movement restrictions and ongoing conflict...

HIGHLIGHTS Increased funding, unfettered access, communications equipment, longer-term visas for NGO staff and robust civil-military coordination are all required for scaling up the response...