Since January 2023, in Oromia, the ICRC has: “People in these areas have suffered immensely and for a long time.” “We have had to make difficult choices, targeting places with little presence of other humanitarian actors,” said Julian Jaccard, the ICRC head of sub-delegation in Nekemte. The capacity of the ICRC and the ERCS in Oromia is overstretched in their efforts to provide protection and assistance to populations most affected by the violence in areas that are particularly difficult to access such as Bubul, Begi and Kondole, Balo, Bareda and Kombolsha, where few if any other humanitarian organizations operate. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working together with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS), faces numerous challenges in addressing the enormous needs despite the extension of operations to the western part of the Oromia region and to Guji. No one has come to ask about our situation,” explained Mulu Takele, a displaced mother of seven. We lost everything and have not received any assistance since we arrived in Balo. It was a nightmare and very difficult for my children. “The gunshots were unbearable, so we fled to save our lives. The needs are particularly significant in parts of Guji, the Wellegas, and Borena. Many of them require humanitarian assistance, and the situation could deteriorate as ongoing fighting limits aid access to many areas. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Oromia region of Ethiopia are seriously affected by the current violence.
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