Ethiopia
Latest IDP figure:
Number of refugees:
(Originating from the country)
59,832 (UNHCR, June 2008)
Total Population:
77,43 million
30 October 2007
Ethiopia: Addressing the rights and needs of people displaced by conflict
/0E95C2A757C427ABC12573840039075D/$file/cp_eth_oct07.jpg) A displaced woman carrying firewood around Mieso, Oromiya region (Nadig/IDMC, 2007) Ethiopia is politically organised in a system of ethnic federalism, under which the country is divided into ethnically-defined regions and zones. In almost all cases, the displacement was triggered by conflict between different ethnic groups over access to political power or scarce resources such as water and pastoral or agricultural land. There are several conflict-induced displacement situations in Ethiopia, the most important ones occurring in the administrative regions of Somali, Oromiya, Gambella and Tigray.
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"Causes and Background","Background (Special Report 2007)","Background","Causes of displacement","Peace efforts"
"Population Figures and Profile","Global figures","Geographical Distribution"
"Patterns of Displacement","General"
"Physical Security & Freedom of Movement","Physical security"
"Subsistence Needs","General","Food","Health","Water and Sanitation"
"Issues of Self-Reliance and Public Participation","Self-reliance"
"Documentation Needs and Citizenship","General"
"Issues of Family Unity, Identity and Culture","General"
"Patterns of Return and Resettlement","Return","Obstacles to return","Resettlement programmes"
"Humanitarian Access","General"
"National and International Responses","General","Reference to the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement","Recommendations"
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