Ethiopia: Quake-Hit Evacuees in Afar Face New Relocation As Original Shelters Deemed 'High-Risk'

Ethiopia: Quake-Hit Evacuees in Afar Face New Relocation As Original Shelters Deemed 'High-Risk'

Addis Abeba -- Following the designation of the original evacuation sites--where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter--as "high-risk areas," evacuees are set to be relocated to a newly designated site in the Amibara district.

Quake-hit evacuees in Afar face new relocation as original shelters deemed ‘high-risk’ - Addis Standard

Internally Displaced People (IDP) sites in Afar currently accommodate 54,636 individuals affected by recent seismic activities, including 6,229 children under five and 1,575 pregnant and lactating women (Photo: Addis Standard Sources) Addis Abeba – Following the designation of the original evacuation sites—where households displaced by recent seismic activity in the Afar region had taken shelter—as “high-risk areas,” evacuees are set to be reloc…