UN: One Hundred Thousand Refugees in Ethiopia Face Food Shortage Crisis
The United Nations announced on Tuesday, December 1st, that food reserves for approximately one hundred thousand refugees who fled Eritrea to camps in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia have been depleted.
Baber Baloch, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said on Tuesday at a press conference in Geneva: “Concerns are growing by the hour.”
He added: “Currently, the food reserves in the camps have run out, turning hunger and malnutrition into a major threat.”
The spokesperson emphasized that since the start of the conflict about a month ago, they have repeatedly warned about the dire situation of displaced persons and refugees in the region.
He continued: “We have also warned about unconfirmed reports of attacks, abductions, and forced recruitment in refugee camps.”
About two weeks ago, Mr. Baloch reported at a meeting in Geneva about the displacement of tens of thousands of children, women, and men.
For nearly a month, due to internet and telephone line outages and communication difficulties, Tigray’s contact with the outside world has been virtually cut off; since the recent conflict between the forces of the “Tigray People’s Liberation Front” and the army of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed began in this region, tens of thousands have been displaced and hundreds have been killed.
Tigray ethnic leaders have accused the Eritrean government of interfering in the conflicts in this region and cooperating with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
This is while Eritrean officials have remained silent in response to these accusations, and the Ethiopian government has completely rejected these claims.
Source: Radio Farda
