Real sense of “impending crisis” in Ethiopia

“The situation is very, very critical” in Ethiopia, a humanitarian source in Addis Ababa told IRIN, particularly in parts of south Tigray, North and South Wello, North Shewa, East Hararghe and Konso. “It is important that we move food to these areas immediately, to try to avoid large-scale migrations and camp situations developing. We have to get people to stay in their homes and try to assist them there.” WFP has already approved a US$ 40.5 million emergency operation to feed nearly 1.2 million people in eight drought-affected areas of Ethiopia and was “acting now to prevent a potentially major humanitarian crisis there is a very real sense of impending crisis”, WFP Country Representative Judith Lewis said.