Help to 3.6 million Ethiopians in general is at risk unless new support is obtained, the World Food Program warns.
The World Food Program (WFP) said it is a suspension help for 650,000 women and malnourished children in Ethiopia due to the lack of funds.
The UN agency warned Tuesday that 3.6 million people in Ethiopia in general run the risk of losing access to food aid next week, their new financial support can urgently obtain.
“PMA is forced to stop treatment for 650,000 women and malnourished children in May due to insufficient funds,” said the UN agency in a statement.
The agency said it had planned to reach two million mothers and children with nutritional assistance to save lives in 2025, but that it will fall short due to a planned financing deficit of $ 222 million between April and September.
“Cash and food assistance in the child for up to up to one million refugees will stop in June if additional funds are not received,” the agency warned.
Like many aid agencies, the PMA is caught in the sights of the fund cuts instituted by the administration of the president of the United States, Donald Trump. Shortly after its inauguration in January, Trump signed an executive order freezing all foreign aid.
Conflict, instability and drought
The conflict, instability and drought are key reasons why more than 10 million ethiopias 130 million people face the threat of hunger, said the UN agency.
The Eastern Africa country is recovering from two years of brutal civil war between federal forces and rebels in the northern region of Tigray, which ended in November 2022 and killed at least 600,000 people.
The tensions are increasing among enemies in the long term Ethiopia and Eritrea on the search for access of maritime access abe, causing fears of another conflict in the horn of Africa just seven years after the two neighbors restored the ties.
The continuous violence and instability in the Amhara region of Ethiopia also obstructs humanitarian operations, said the PMA, adding that the rain forecast below the coverage until May in the southeast of Ethiopia could exacerbate the condition.