Somalia and Ethiopia Head International Rescue Committee's Worst Crises for 2023

 The International Rescue Committee published on 14 December 2022 "The Top 10 Crises the World Can't Ignore in 2023."  The list provides an explanation why each country was included.

The International Rescue Committee's list of the world's 10 worst crises for 2023 is headed by Somalia and followed by Ethiopia.  Other African countries in the top 10 are the Democratic Republic of Congo (4), South Sudan (7), and Burkina Faso (8).  The world's top 10 is rounded out with Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Haiti, and Ukraine.

UN Secretary General "Gravely Concerned" by Fighting in Northern Ethiopia

 UN News published on 15 October 2022 an article titled "Ethiopia: UN Chief 'Gravely Concerned' by Escalation in Fighting Across Tigray."

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres stated that he "is gravely concerned about the escalation of the fighting in Tigray, which is having a devastating impact on civilians in what is already a dire humanitarian situation."

Ethiopia: Displaced Tigrayans Facing Starvation

 The Associated Press published on 11 March 2021 an article titled "'People Are Starving': New Exodus in Ethiopia's Tigray Area" by Cara Anna.

Thousands of starving Tigrayans hiding in rural Tigray Region have begun arriving in Western Tigray seeking emergency food.  

Massive Displacement in South Sudan

The International Rescue Committee published in November 2014 a report titled "Uprooted by Conflict: South Sudan's Displacement Crisis."  It describes the conditions facing almost 2 million IDPs and refugees and warns that a famine affecting millions could follow.