Ethiopia

Crisis in Northern Ethiopia

Conflict and drought are devastating northern Ethiopia, pushing hundreds of thousands of men, women and children into extreme hunger.
WFP/Michael Tewelde/2024
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Ethiopia is facing a tragic combination of conflict and climate shocks. Nearly 16 million people are food insecure because of drought, floods, desert locusts, COVID-19, conflict and economic shocks.

WFP’s Work in Ethiopia

We’ve been present in Ethiopia since 1968, using food assistance to empower women, transform areas affected by the climate crisis and keep children in school.
Sudan, Um Rakuba Refugee Camp, Gedaref State, 18 November 2020 In the photo: Ethiopians fleeing intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray, gather in the neighbouring Sudanese Um Rakuba Refugee Camp, Gedaref State. Photo: WFP/Leni Kinzli WFP is providing food for Ethiopian refugees who are being resettled in Um Rakuba Refugee Camp in Gedaref State, Sudan after crossing the border from Ethiopia. People who newly arrive are receiving hot meals and high energy biscuits and will receive one month of dry rations including lentils, sorghum, oil and salt once they receive cooking utensils to prepare their own food.
Refugee Assistance
WFP works closely with partners to support refugees and asylum seekers in Ethiopia. WFP has scaled up to assist nearly 1M refugees.
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Specialized Nutrition
WFP offers nutrition support to the most vulnerable Ethiopians including pregnant women, nursing mothers and children under 5.
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Emergency Response
WFP provides food and cash to the most vulnerable families. Stocks of food are prepositioned in case of conflict or climate shocks.
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Siblings Berhane* (left, age 6), Halima (middle, age 10) and Makeda (right, age 8) eating rice in a temporary shelter in Um Rakuba refugee camp. The children's mother Fema has received rations from WFP including millet and oil, to feed her family. WFP continues to support thousands of Ethiopian refugees in Um Rakuba settlement, Sudan, who have fled conflict in the Tigray region, Ethiopia. *Names changed for protection reasons The conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia that escalated on 4 November, has forced nearly 46,000 Ethiopians to flee across the border into Sudan (as of 1 December). WFP partners are cooking hot meals for refugees arriving at reception centres, using food provided by WFP. Where cooking facilities are not available, WFP supplies fortified high-energy biscuits. Once refugees reach the camps after passing through reception centres, they receive rations including lentils, sorghum, oil and salt.
School Meals
WFP aims to provide about 800,000 schoolchildren with daily school meals, with a focus on conflict-affected areas in northern Ethiopia.
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Lastest News

  • News Release
  • April 22, 2025

WFP Warns of Rising Hunger and Malnutrition in Ethiopia as Humanitarian Needs Outpace Resources
WFP delivers food in Ethiopia WFP/Michael Tewelde/2023
  • News Release
  • February 6, 2024

WFP Ramps up Deliveries of Vital Food Assistance to Drought and Conflict-Affected Areas of Ethiopia

WFP delivers food in Ethiopia WFP/Michael Tewelde/2023
  • News Release
  • November 16, 2023

WFP Launches New Operating Model to Restart Food Distribution to Millions of Vulnerable Ethiopians

Nuuriya with her baby in Somalia WFP/Geneva Costopulos/2022
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  • May 24, 2023

Hunger Emergency Far From Over in Crisis Hit Horn of Africa

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