MSF Releases 11th annual list of ‘Top 10′ humanitarian crises
December 22nd, 2008 | EthioPolitics.com |
The international aid group MSF (Doctors Without Borders) has released its 11th annual list of ‘Top 10′ humanitarian crises.
Ethiopia’s Ogaden region is on the list. According to MSF, Continued violence and harsh climatic conditions have made living a constant struggle for people in the crisis-affected area of the Ogaden, Ethiopia’s Somali region.
“Caught between rebel groups based in the region and government forces intent on quelling the rebellion”, MSF says, “the largely nomadic population has become ever more isolated from basic services and humanitarian assistance.”
See MSF’s report on the Ogaden:
Critical Need of Assistance in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
Full List:
- Somalia’s Humanitarian Catastrophe Worsens
- Beyond the International Spotlight, Critical Health Needs in Myanmar Remain Unmet
- Health Crisis Sweeps Zimbabwe as Violence and Economic Collapse Spread
- Civilians Trapped as War Rages in Eastern Congo
- Millions of Malnourished Children Left Untreated Despite Advances in Lifesaving Nutritional Therapies
- Critical Need of Assistance in Ethiopia’s Somali Region
- Civilians Killed and Forced to Flee as Fighting Intensifies in Northwestern Pakistan
- No End in Sight to Violence and Suffering in Sudan
- Iraqi Civilians in Urgent Need of Assistance
- HIV/TB Co-infections Posses Health Battle on Two Fronts