Nearly One Million Ethiopians Displaced in Oromia–Somali Conflict - UN

February 2, 2018 - The United Nations (UN) announced that close to one million people have been displaced due to the conflict along the borders of the Oromia and Ethiopian Somali regional states. The data from the latest round of the International Office of Migration Displacement Tracking Matrix1 conducted in November, 2017 indicates that around one million persons have been displaced.

On the other hand, 637,000, almost 60 percent of the total displaced people are sheltered in camps. From this, the 68,000 are Ethiopian Somalis which are displaced between 2015 to end 0f 2017, according to the report.

At least 93,000 conflict-displaced school-aged children in Oromia and Ethiopian Somali Regions were forced to interrupt their education due to the displacement.More than 1,500 children in Oromia and Ethiopian Somali regions are also reported to have been separated from their families.

Most of the assessed districts affected by the conflict in the two regions confirmed cases of sexual violence, psychosocial distress and domestic violence, reads the report.

Source:- UN