Photo: Wag-Hemra Communication bureauAddis Abeba – More than 70,000 internally displaced people sheltered in make shift camps in Abergele and Tsagebej districts in Wag-hemra zone of Amhara regional state for more than two years are suffering from severe hunger and acute diseases, the Wag-hemra zone administration said. According to the administration, although the war that devastated the northern part of the country has stopped with the peace agreement reached between the federal government and Tigrayan authorities, the IDPs in Abergele and Tsagebej districts haven’t been able to return to their homes. Instead, more people freshly displaced by natural and man-made disasters are entering the shelters, Sibuh Gebeyaw (PhD) administrator of the zone said. He said in addition to 67,000 IDPs living in the makeshift camps in the two districts of the zone, 4,000 newly displaced people have recently arrived, making the total number IDPs in the zone 71,000, Wag-Hemra communications reported. In June 2022, Addis Standard reported IDPs in three districts of the Wag-Hemra administration zone: Abergele, Zequala, and Tsagebej were facing severe hunger, compounded with drought.

Source: Ethiopian News January 26, 2023 10:18 UTC