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ADDIS ABABA, July 23 (Xinhua) – At least one million people, the majority of whom are women and children, need urgent humanitarian badistance following the recent inter-communal conflict in Ethiopia said humanitarian agencies Monday. 19659002] International non-governmental organizations stressed that displaced communities in the southeastern area of Gedeo in Ethiopia and the western Guji area in the largest region of Oromia in Ethiopia "face serious shortcomings in access to basic services with almost nothing. "
" They need food, shelter, water and psychosocial support. "The aid agencies warn that without an increase in aid, the situation of displaced persons may deteriorate further, "the statement said.
In their joint statement, eight international aid agencies, including CARE International, Plan International, Save the Children. and World Vision also revealed their call for "urgent and critical badistance for nearly one million people" who fled their homes as a result of the intercommunal violence along the border between the two regional states. Ethiopia
. Samuel Wood, humanitarian director of Save the Children in Ethiopia
Noting the prolonged drought that has severely eroded the resilience of communities in Ethiopia, said Samuel Wood, humanitarian director of Save the Children in Ethiopia. In recent years, as well as the 7.9 million people currently food insecure, the statement said Aid agencies, which acknowledged the Ethiopian government's peace and reconciliation efforts, also called on the government to "accelerate the resolution of the conflict between communities in the country". The UN's Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has also released $ 15 million to urgently increase humanitarian badistance to people affected by the escalation of the conflict. intercommunal violence in Ethiopia. .
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