#BoranaDrought

#BoranaDrought #OromiaIsStarving

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Humanitarian aid organizations must support/address urgent food and medicine aid to the Famine hit families in Borana & Karayu areas, now facing one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in decades. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Close to 50,000 Karrayyu children, men & women in Oromia Region suffer from drought & are in immediate need of life saving humanitarian assistance #OromiaIsStarving @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @care @acfusa @oxfam 

Today, humanitarian emergencies caused by civil war & drought have devastated millions in Borana, Karrayyu & other regions. Residents accuse #Ethiopia|n gov’t of intentionally obstructing aid from reaching them. #OromiaIsStarving @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO

Civil war & drought have caused humanitarian crises in Borana Zone, Oromia: 7,540 dead cattle, 17,700 malnourished people with severe health problems #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought #Ethiopia @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Borana Zone, Oromia Region, experiencing terrible drought & Ethiopian civil war. People & livestock are already suffering. More humanitarian aid needed. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

#Ethiopia|n Gov’t spending billions on war & not preventing serious food insecurity in Borana Zone, Oromia. 7,540 dead cattle, 17,700 malnourished people with severe health problems #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Humanitarian aid needed in Borana Zone, Oromia: food for humans & feed for cattle. Foreign humanitarian organizations should help. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought #Ethiopia  @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Some 6,398 children, 9,078 women and 2,226 elderly people malnourished in drought in Borana Zone, Oromia Region. 7,540 cattle have died. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought #Ethiopia @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @care @oxfam 

Drought has caused humanitarian crisis in Borana Zone, Oromia: About 539,679 people are facing water shortages, of whom only 177,553 have access to water distributed using water tanks.” #BoranaDrought @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Pastoralists of the Borana Zone, Oromia, told Addis Standard that food aid by humanitarian agencies was not consistently delivered for the past two years in the arid areas of the Zone. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO

Corruption in aid delivery: Administrator of Wachile woreda, Borana Zone, Oromia, told Addis Standard that food aid was obstructed by local officials. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @care @acfusa @oxfam 

Corruption in aid delivery: Borana resident: Aid never stopped but administrators took food aid for their personal use, showing lack of good governance and care for the people. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Fukaro witnessed the death of more than 100 cattle due to drought & said, “So far we haven’t seen any support from the government. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @hrw @un_hrc @care @acfusa @oxfam

Borana resident: Zonal officials took money & cattle to support national defense forces from people already suffering from food insecurity. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @care @acfusa @oxfam

Civil servants’ crisis in Borana Zone, Oromia: If they speak out about hunger there, #Ethiopia|n gov’t will prosecute them. #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @wfp @hrw @un_hrc @care @acfusa @oxfam 

Civil servants’ crisis in Borana Zone, Oromia: The local authorities ordered us to donate one month’s salary to the national defense forces and deducted it without our consent. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @wfp @care @acfusa @oxfam 

“Food aid used to be distributed by kebele administrations. However, we received complaints from the community accusing the Kebele administration of using the food aid for personal gains,” he admitted. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

A third resident also told Addis Standard that the zonal administration officials took money and cattle from residents to support the national defense forces from people who are already suffering from food insecurity. #BoranaDrought @un_hrc @wfp@secblinken @eu_commission @FAO

“Those who represent the people and are administrating the woreda are facing a dilemma, if we don’t speak God will judge us, and if we speak the government will prosecute us.” #OromiaIsStarving #BoranaDrought  @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO 

Responding to needs of populations in Borana & Karayu affected by natural disasters & armed conflicts & respecting their dignity should be humanitarian organizations’ central & top mandate. #OromiaIsStarving @un_hrc @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO @care @oxfam

Ethiopia gov’t must allow access to areas facing famine & let humanitarian orgs do their work without hindrance. One resident: Obstruction of delivery of aid could be a reason for the current food crisis @wfp @AmbMKimani @secblinken @eu_commission @FAO