Breaking news from the UN News Service:AS NEW DROUGHT HITS ETHIOPIA, UN URGES SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT’S ‘REMARKABLE’ EFFORTS

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In February 2016, villagers gather at the Ula Arba water point, in Ziway Dugda Woreda, Arsi zone Oromia region, Ethiopia. Photo: OCHA/Charlotte Cans

 

AS NEW DROUGHT HITS ETHIOPIA, UN URGES SUPPORT FOR GOVERNMENT’S ‘REMARKABLE’ EFFORTS

Commending the Ethiopian Government and humanitarian partners on the response to last year’s El Niño drought that left 10.2 million people needing food assistance, United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and UN aid chief Stephen O’Brien today said the international community must show “total solidarity” with country as it faces a new drought. Read more

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