MSF Ethiopia

Ongoing investigation into the killings of Maria Tedros and Yohannes

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 10:05:12 +0000

Three years ago, our staff members María, Tedros, and Yohannes were murdered while providing lifesaving assistance in Tigray, Ethiopia. We deeply mourn their loss and remain committed to seeking justice.

Ethiopia: Two decades of combatting the world’s most neglected diseases

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:34:46 +0000

In Ethiopia, our teams have been responding to two of the world's deadliest and most neglected diseases for 20 years. Here are nine quick facts about our lifesaving work in the region.

Urgent action needed to tackle cholera across Horn of Africa

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:58:10 +0000

Despite being preventable, deaths from cholera are on the rise across the Horn of Africa, amid the longest outbreaks ever recorded in the region.

Ethiopia: Immediate resumption of food distributions urgently needed

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 07:36:36 +0000

We are witnessing alarmingly high levels of malnutrition in Ethiopia; it is vital that food distributions resume immediately.

Ethiopia: People in Omo Valley at high risk to kala azar

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:16:33 +0000

MSF teams are providing medical assistance to the Mursi tribe, an indigenous group in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley, where an alarming number of kala azar cases have been identified.

Treating people all across Ethiopia

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:32:28 +0000

MSF responds to emergency medical and humanitarian needs of people in multiple regions of Ethiopia, including in Afar, Amhara, Tigray and Southern Nations regions. Our staff explain how they assist people in need.

Marking one year since the loss of María, Tedros and Yohannes in Ethiopia

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:14:26 +0000

24 June 2022 marks one year since the brutal murder of three of our colleagues - María, Tedros and Yohannes - in Tigray, Ethiopia. We mourn them and continue to search for answers.

Urgent increase needed in humanitarian response to malnutrition crisis in northeast Ethiopia

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:13:24 +0000

MSF teams in Afar region, northeastern Ethiopia, are witnessing deeply concerning signs of high levels of malnutrition, particularly amongst people displaced by recent conflict.

Ethiopia: MSF seeks answers from government after new media report on killing of its staff

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 16:15:05 +0000

MSF urges the Ethiopian government to respond to reports that military members were responsible for the killing of MSF staff in Tigray, Ethiopia

Six months on, still no accountability for colleagues killed in Ethiopia

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:54:20 +0000

Six months after the murder of our three colleagues Maria, Tedros and Yohannes in Tigray, Ethiopia, the full circumstances of, and responsibility for, their killing remains unclear.