ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The overall humanitarian situation in northern Ethiopia remains dire, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said on Friday. UNOCHA, in its periodic situation update, said despite efforts to mobilize resources and scale-up the response, it has not reached the required scope and scale required to respond to the several crises in northern Ethiopia. In the Afar Region, a recent nutrition assessment conducted across four sites for internally displaced people (IDP) indicated a proxy global acute malnutrition rate of 36 percent, a moderate malnutrition rate of 30 percent, and a severe acute malnutrition rate of 6 percent. In the Amhara Region, humanitarian partners are facing access challenges to reach conflict-affected populations, UNOCHA said. Humanitarian aid is recently heading to the Tigray region after the Ethiopian government and the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to a conditional cessation of hostilities and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid into the region.

Source: Ethiopian News April 29, 2022 20:53 UTC