UN Considering Suspending Relief Operations in Ethiopia's Amhara Region

 Reuters published on 8 October 2024 an article titled "UN Weighs Suspending Relief to Ethiopia's Amhara after Aid Workers Attacked, Document Shows" by Reade Levinson and Giulia Paravicini.

Five aid workers were killed, 10 assaulted, and 11 kidnapped by unidentified criminal gangs in Amhara Region between January and June 2024.  The United Nations is seriously considering a temporary suspension of relief operations in Amhara Region unless the government can guarantee their safety.  

Drought in Somalia

The Mogadishu-based Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) published in April 2017 a report titled "Somalia's Drought Induced Crises: Immediate Action and Change of Strategy Needed."

The drought in Somalia now covers the entire country. If rain does not arrive by mid-April, and if massive humanitarian assistance does not arrive, the drought could become an insidious famine devastating the country. The report makes suggestions for a more effective Somali government response to the crisis.