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Flash Update
IDPs from Alamata and surrounding areas at the industry site near Kobo Town, North Wollo Zone on 20 April, before return/relocation. Credit: OCHA/Yosef
IDPs from Alamata and surrounding areas at the industry site near Kobo Town, North Wollo Zone on 20 April, before return/relocation. Credit: OCHA/Yosef

Flash Update #3: Displacement in North Wello and Wag Hamra Zones

Highlights

  • All the displaced population in the industrial site located some three kilometers of Kobo Town have returned or relocated since 22 April, but a significant number remain displaced elsewhere and need assistance.

  • IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) team identified some 16,600 IDPs remaining in Kobo Town and 8,150 IDPs in Sekota Woreda and Sekota City Administration.

  • An OCHA-facilitated inter-agency mission to Kobo Town and to Wajja in Raya Alamata Woreda on 25 April noted an ongoing response to humanitarian needs and identified significant gaps.

  • Humanitarian organizations and local Government bureaus highlighted significant humanitarian needs across sectors during the North Wollo Zonal ad hoc ICP meeting held on 26 April.

  • Some 149 schools were reportedly closed due to the recent clashes according to the Amhara Regional Education Bureau.

For more information, please read the full Flash Update #3 here.

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