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Since armed conflict emerged in Ethiopia's Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions in late 2020, a worrying humanitarian crisis has developed in the north of the country. Here alone, there are 2.6 million IDPs and nearly 100,000 refugees in the aforementioned 3 regions. Armed forces regularly block humanitarian aid from accessing rural areas in the Tigray region. In addition, many refugees have no access to communications or electricity, which in turn limits health and water supplies<ref name="Ethiopia's Tigray Refugee Crisis Explained">UNHCR (2022): Ethiopia's Tigray Refugee Crisis Explained. https://www.unrefugees.org/news/ethiopia-s-tigray-refugee-crisis-explained/</ref>. | Since armed conflict emerged in Ethiopia's Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions in late 2020, a worrying humanitarian crisis has developed in the north of the country. Here alone, there are 2.6 million IDPs and nearly 100,000 refugees in the aforementioned 3 regions. Armed forces regularly block humanitarian aid from accessing rural areas in the Tigray region. In addition, many refugees have no access to communications or electricity, which in turn limits health and water supplies<ref name="Ethiopia's Tigray Refugee Crisis Explained">UNHCR (2022): Ethiopia's Tigray Refugee Crisis Explained. https://www.unrefugees.org/news/ethiopia-s-tigray-refugee-crisis-explained/</ref>. | ||
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| + | But it is not only rural regions that are regularly cut off from electricity. For a year, the capital of the Tigray region suffered regular power cuts due to the war, until it was finally reconnected to the national grid at the end of 2022<ref name="Capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region reconnected to electric grid after a year of war-related cuts">France24 (2022): Capital of Ethiopia's Tigray region reconnected to electric grid after a year of war-related cuts. https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20221206-capital-of-ethiopia-s-tigray-region-reconnected-to-electric-grid-after-a-year-of-war-related-cuts</ref>. | ||
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Revision as of 08:14, 7 December 2022
Humanitarian Situation Background
Ethiopia hosts a large number of refugees: 875,000 from surrounding countries such as South-Sudan, Somalia or Eritrea, and more than 4.5 million internally displaced people due to the conflict in the northern states[1].
Since armed conflict emerged in Ethiopia's Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions in late 2020, a worrying humanitarian crisis has developed in the north of the country. Here alone, there are 2.6 million IDPs and nearly 100,000 refugees in the aforementioned 3 regions. Armed forces regularly block humanitarian aid from accessing rural areas in the Tigray region. In addition, many refugees have no access to communications or electricity, which in turn limits health and water supplies[2].
But it is not only rural regions that are regularly cut off from electricity. For a year, the capital of the Tigray region suffered regular power cuts due to the war, until it was finally reconnected to the national grid at the end of 2022[3].
ESDS Region: Refugee Settlements
Ressources
References
- ↑ UNHCR (2022): Providing water, food and shelter for people displaced on the Horn of Africa. https://www.unhcr.org/neu/86727-providing-water-food-and-shelter-for-people-displaced-on-the-horn-of-africa.html
- ↑ UNHCR (2022): Ethiopia's Tigray Refugee Crisis Explained. https://www.unrefugees.org/news/ethiopia-s-tigray-refugee-crisis-explained/
Partners
GIZ's Energy Solutions for Displacement Settings (ESDS) project cooperate with UNHCR to enhance the access to sustainable energy in displacement contexts, and the Energypedia page has been created to share learnings across various practitioners to spur the development of clean energy solutions.
