Reforms adopted by Ethiopia’s new Prime Minster Abiy Ahmed have challenged the status quo – politically and economically. They come as inter-ethnic violence is intensifying throughout the country.
Today almost three million people have been internally displaced. Two-thirds of them have fled the conflict; the others, drought, and floods. Nearly eight million people are in need of emergency food assistance.
Qoloji camp for displaced people
Qoloji is the biggest camp for internally displaced people in the Somali regional state, in the east of Ethiopia. The camp hosts 80,000 people, mostly from the Somali ethnic community and from the nearby Ethiopian Oromia region. New families arrive every day, but many of them have been here for over a year.
AID ZONE – What do we know about #Ethiopia and the changes this country is going through? What has pushed 3 million people to internal displacement? Watch our next #AidZone report on air from Thursday Jan 31st on @euronews pic.twitter.com/3gIPOLYDoz
— Monica Pinna (@_MonicaPinna) January 30, 2019
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