Ethiopia, Kombolcha, 25 November 2021
WFP and the Joint Emergency Operation (JEOP) started a major joint operation this week to deliver lifesaving food donated by the United States to 450,000 people in Kombolcha and Dessie, two key towns in Amhara region which were recently taken over by Tigray Forces. Across Amhara region an estimated 3.7 million people are expected to be food insecure as a direct result of the conflict. WFP has reached more than 220,000 people so far with food and nutrition assistance and is scaling up to reach 650,000 people.
WFP is delivering food from JEOP directly into the hands of communities in urgent need of food in Kombolcha and Dessie – over the past two days we have reached over 10,000 people.
Photo: WFP/Sinisa Marolt
The increasingly volatile conflict spreading across Northern Ethiopia is having a devastating impact on already food insecure communities as livelihoods are disrupted, humanitarian access is limited, and displacement increases. An estimated 9.4 million people across three regions are now in dire need of food assistance as a direct result of the conflict. Of those, 5.2 million people are in Tigray, 534,000 in Afar and 3.7 million people in Amhara.
The nutrition situation is deteriorating with screening data from all three regions showing malnutrition rates between 16%-28% for children[1]. Even more alarmingly, up to 50% of pregnant and breastfeeding women screened in Amhara and Tigray were also found to be malnourished.
Market assessments across northern Ethiopia show food prices are soaring due to conflict that has led to poor production and restricted imports, meaning millions of families are unable to afford food when it is available.
WFP aims to reach over 3.7 million[2] people across all three regions in the next round of distributions while partners will reach the rest.
Le Programme alimentaire mondial (PAM) a affirmé mardi que sans de nouveaux financements urgents, 3,6 millions de personnes parmi les plus vulnérables d’Éthiopie n’auront plus accès à l’aide alimentaire et nutritionnelle vitale du PAM dans les semaines à venir.
Dans un communiqué publié sur son site, le PAM a déploré qu’il a été contraint d’interrompre le traitement de 650 000 femmes et enfants souffrant de malnutrition en mai en raison d’un financement insuffisant.
Le PAM avait prévu de fournir une assistance nutritionnelle vitale à 2 millions de mères et d’enfants en 2025, lit-on dans le communiqué.
Le PAM ajoute que l’aide alimentaire en espèces et en nature destinée à un million de réfugiés au maximum cessera en juin si des fonds supplémentaires ne sont pas reçus et si le nombre de personnes fuyant les violences au Soudan du Sud continue.
« Malgré la générosité de nombreux gouvernements et donateurs individuels, le PAM en Éthiopie est confronté à un déficit de financement de 222 millions de dollars entre avril et septembre 2025 », est-il indiqué.
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