Ethiopia Requests Aid Organizations to distribute their support fairly
Millions of citizens have been displaced and need aid due to conflicts and wars in Ethiopia over the past years.
Amhara region is the most affected by this problem and the number of displaced citizens due to the war in northern Ethiopia and conflicts in other regions has become the major causes.
According to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 28 million people in Ethiopia are in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 6.7 million are in the Amhara region.
The war in northern Ethiopia is said to have increased the number of people seeking humanitarian assistance in the region, and about 800,000 people have been displaced from the regions of Oromia and Benishangul Gumuz, the government of the Amhara region has announced.
According to regional disaster prevention and food security, neither local nor international aid institutions are interested in helping those who need relief in the Amhara region.
According to the head of public relations of the institution, Mr. Eyasu Mesfen told Al AIN news, “We have no objection to humanitarian aid going to the Tigray region, but the humanitarian aid must be fair.”
Mr. Eyasu said that 3.5 million IDPs in the Amhara region are being supported by the federal government and the rest falls on the regional government.
The chief said that the number of displaced people from Oromia region who fear for their safety and entering the Amhara region is constantly increasing.
Mr. Eyasu added that Abergele and Tsagbji districts, which were administered under the Wag Himra zone, are under the control of the TPLF militants, and the number of displaced people is constantly increasing.
According to Mr. Eyasu, “except for a few aid organizations, most of the local & international humanitarian organizations operating in Ethiopia are taking their aid to Tigray region instead of the Amhara region due to their security and political interests.
One mother from the IDP center who was displaced from Abergele District of Wag Himra Zone and lives in a refugee shelter in Sekota City, said, “We were hoping that they told us that a peace agreement had been signed and that we would be at peace and start living back in our homes.”
