Red Cross appeals for more attention on deaths of local aid workers
United Nations Reuters Killings of local humanitarian workers in conflicts around the world must provoke the same outrage as international aid workers harmed in conflict, the head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said on Tuesday. Members of the Red Crescent walk at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and […]
Fighting displaces 200,000 in Ethiopia’s Amhara region – UN aid chief
Addis Ababa Reuters United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that accusations by Ethiopian authorities that aid workers were favouring and even arming Tigrayan forces were “dangerous”. “Blanket accusations [against] humanitarian aid workers need to stop…They need to be backed up by evidence if there is any and, frankly, it’s dangerous,” he said. […]