The upcoming rainy season in northern Ethiopia poses new and heightened threats as communities struggle to cope with ongoing conflict, displacement, hunger, and disease.
Across Ethiopia’s Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions, communities already reeling from 18 months of conflict, will be welcoming, but also bracing for the rains that often bring heightened risk of water-borne diseases and hamper humanitarian aid, warns Oxfam today.
Oxfam’s Country Director in Ethiopia Gezahegn Gebrehana said, “While the rains are welcomed as necessary for agriculture, they will make it difficult for people…
Source: All Africa
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