Conflict, Drought Cause Humanitarian Crises in Southern and Western Oromia - UN addisstandard: Ethiopia
The latest report reveals that the humanitarian situation has been significantly deteriorating due to conflict and severe drought in 2022. Inreleased last week Friday, the aid agency said that due to the prevailed insecurity since 2019 in the western and southern Oromia the humanitarian crises has been deteriorating from time to time."The major cause is clashes with gunmen."
"In Southern Oromia, clashes with unidentified Armed Groups continued in particular in Guji and west Guji, while drought has affected over 3.5 million people," the statement said. It emphasized that due to insecurity in those areas, aid partners had to halt life-saving operations, stop movements, and hibernate in the field locations.
The scale and scope of hostilities in western Oromia has intensified in 2022 and spread to new areas such as Horo Guduru Wollega and Ilu Aba Bora Zones, as well as North, East and South-west Shewa ," the statement added.
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