Colombia hosts the largest number of the estimated 5.4 million Venezuelans who have fled economic and political strife in their homeland since 2014. Rapes confirmed, reporter raided, victim threatenedThe Ethiopian government confirmed this week cases of rape in Tigray and vowed to support survivors and prosecute offenders. New Ebola outbreak in CongoTwo Ebola deaths within a week have signalled a new outbreak of the deadly disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. OCHA’s Centre for Humanitarian Data says it has gathered 49 percent of the basic datasets key to working in 27 emergency situations (these datasets range from airport locations to poverty rates). OCHA’s Humanitarian Data Exchange portal more than doubled its traffic in 2020, partly due to demand for COVID-19 data.

Source: Ethiopian News February 12, 2021 15:33 UTC