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  • Life saving efforts in Ethiopia continue

    news UNHCR, 19 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )
    In Ethiopia, a large scale effort has meanwhile been underway to address the high mortality rates among new arrivals from Somalia. Malnutrition remains the leading cause of death but the situation is being compounded by suspected measles and other diseases. Children under the age of five, already...

  • UNHCR experts sent to remote Ethiopian area to help 18,000 Somalis

    news www.unhcr.org, 23 Aug 2011 (12 years ago )
    NAIROBI, Kenya, August 23 (UNHCR) – The UN refugee agency has sent a team of experts in several disciplines to a remote area of eastern Ethiopia where some 18,000 Somali refugees are in urgent need of aid after fleeing their country. The UNHCR team sent to Gode includes specialists in health, nut...

  • Health concerns in Ethiopia camps

    news unhcr briefing notes, 02 Sep 2011 (12 years ago )
    UNHCR is becoming extremely concerned about the increasingly poor health state of recent Somali arrivals in Ethiopia. At the Kobe camp, in the Dollo Ado area, medical screening of new arrivals is recording severe acute malnutrition among 19 percent of children. At nearby Hilaweyn, the rate is 16 pe...

  • Unaccompanied Somali teens at risk in bid to reach safety in Ethiopia

    news UNHCR News Stories, 30 September 2011, 30 Sep 2011 (12 years ago )
    DOLLO ADO, Ethiopia, September 30 (UNHCR) – When Hassen Ibrahim arrived recently in Ethiopia, the teenager had not seen his parents for more than two years. "As the eldest son, I stayed behind to take care of my grandmother, who was too sick to travel," explained the 15-year-old, shortly after cross...

  • UNHCR Notes Spontaneous Movements of South Sudanese Refugees in Ethiopia

    news UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia, 06 Feb 2019 (5 years ago )
    UNHCR has recently observed spontaneous movements of South Sudanese refugees mainly from Kule camp, home to approximately 55,000 refugees, as well as some from Nguenyyiel, the newest camp in the Gambella Regional State. UNHCR staff on the ground reported up to 3,000 refugees may have left the two ca...

  • Local government consultations in Jijiga discuss CRRF roadmap, capacity development and coordination

    news UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia, 18 Feb 2019 (5 years ago )
    Jijiga, Ethiopia:-In December 2018, UNHCR convened a workshop with local partners, and held consultations with the Somali Regional State’s (SRS) Bureau of Finance and Economic Development (BoFED) as part of the effort to support the application of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF) ...

  • Energy cooperative in Melkadia reduces protection risk, improves women’s livelihoods

    news UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia, 07 Mar 2019 (5 years ago )
    Madow Hassan Madnur, a 36-year-old Somali refugee, is a mother of nine who lives in Melkadida camp with her husband and children. A pastoralist back in Somalia, she had to flee with her family to Ethiopia in 2011 amidst the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa region in 60 years. She is now the...