Ethiopia, a country in the horn of Africa and which is now crying for humanitarian aid through the UN and western donor nations to combat famine and drought that has spread already to the horn of Africa, has severally been accused of spending more than US$250 million on defence spendings while undertaking the worst human rights abuses while the world is watching. Needy families can't access humanitarian food given by western Donor nations, including The UK and the US.
The Ogaden region is facing the worst famine crisis coupled with military suppression and total subjugation from Ethiopian government.
Ethiopia also refuses to undertake human rights investigations into the Somali Ogaden Region and doesn't allow reporters there. It want's to keep the world out of Ogaden story, something that will never happen in 21st century.
The UN, IGAD, The UK, The US, Arab League nations must do something here now. If these nations wait, more disaster may happen pretty soon.
Why should we wait for that to happen.
MSF said that following an exploratory mission to Ogaden in July which revealed a "deeply precarious situation", repeated requests to work in the worst hit areas have been denied by both regional authorities and the government in Addis Abada.
Write to your congressman to report the humanitarian crisis in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia and demand pressure be put on those preventing aid to the people of this region. There are NGOs there trying to help but they are being prevented from saving lives.
