Cases of displacement due to ethnic violence constitute a significant proportion of those in need of humanitarian aidborkenaMarch 7,2019Ethiopian National Disaster Prevention Commission had a presser on Thursday regarding the humanitarian situation in the country. Authorities of the commission said 8.86 million Ethiopians need humanitarian aid –that is about 9 percent of Ethiopia’s entire population. According to the commission, over US $ 1.3 billion is needed in funding to address the humanitarian aid need in the country and the commission has called up on donor countries. 46 percent of those in need of humanitarian assistance are in Oromia region, 22 percent are in Somail region, 12 percent in Amhara, 10 percent in Southern Ethiopia and 4 percent in Tigray and Afar regions of Ethiopia. As a result, thousands of families are reduced to homelessness and government has not yet provided them with humanitarian assistance.

Source: Ethiopian News March 08, 2019 04:30 UTC