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- in Tigray Region hosts an estimated 950,000 IDPs (53 per cent female). This constitutes 42 per cent of the national conflict caseload primarily due to the northern Ethiopia conflict (2020-2022). As of September 2023, the majority of IDPs were living with the host community (80 per cent). The most reported needs across 661 assessed IDP sites are food, shelter, and non-food items.
More than 2.8 million people in the region (40% of Tigray Population is living on Food Assistance) (88 per cent of a 3.2 million targeted) received food assistance as part of the January food distributions completed on 21 February, with the support of the main food partners (Government, WFP, and the NGO consortium JEOP). The disbursement of cash for food assistance to more than 251,900 people is also ongoing since 26 February in the towns of Adwa and Abi Adi (Central Zone), Enderta (Southeastern Zone) and Edaga Hamus (Eastern Zone).
Oromia hosts a reported 1.5 million IDPs living in sites and with host communities as of February 2024, according to regional authority figures.
In August -- September 2023, surveys conducted in 728 IDP sites identified 1,023,439 IDPs/196,609** households. TheIDPs living among the host communities are in situations of protracted displacement with compounded humanitarian needs **due tofloods, drought, disease, and hostilities. These are evident in the southern zones of East Borena, Guji and West Guji where an estimated 543,000 IDPs affected by hostilities live in dire conditions. Food is among the priority urgent needs. Similarly, close to 794,000 IDPs in the four Wellega zones (West, East, Kelem, and Horo Guduru) as well as in the North and West Shewa zones require food, WASH, health, nutrition, education, protection and ES/NFI assistance.
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A cessation of relief operations would have a dire impact on more than 2.3 million people in Amhara (6% of Amhara Regional Population) who rely on food aid to survive, two donor nations and an NGO opposed to the suspension told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
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Amhara is home to more than 36 million people as well as the first stop for thousands of refugees fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan.