Prolonged drought challenges humanitarian response in Ethiopia: UN

ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The prolonged drought has challenged the humanitarian response in Ethiopia as the drought situation worsened in the last months of 2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.

In an Ethiopia emergency shelter cluster update released Friday, the UN refugee agency said conflict and climatic shocks continued to be key drivers of humanitarian needs in the East African country.