Over a million people have been displaced across Ethiopia and Sudan, and many are without healthcare, following conflict that started in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, in November 2020.
The violence has forced people to leave their homes, with those staying within Ethiopia having to find shelter where they can; while over 63,000 people have walked, sometimes for days, and crossed the Tekeze River to enter Sudan as refugees. Both refugees and the internally displaced are experiencing a lack of food, water and proper shelter. A significant number of health facilities have been attacked and looted, leaving people with a lack of access to healthcare.
MSF teams have responded on both sides of the border.
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
For refugees in Hamdayet, Sudan, “everyone is hungry, and everyone is tired”
Project Update
19 Feb 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”
Voices from the Field
1 Feb 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
Providing assistance to people in Ethiopia and Sudan in wake of Tigray violence
Project Update
12 Jan 2021
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
“Services for the refugees need to increase, otherwise it will be a disaster”
Voices from the Field
23 Dec 2020
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
“They saw soldiers and civilians coming in, wounded or dead”
Project Update
18 Dec 2020
Ethiopia Tigray crisis
MSF providing medical care and assistance in Sudan to people fleeing violence in Ethiopia
Project Update
27 Nov 2020