Aid workers and ambulances have been directly targeted and these attacks are a serious violation of international humanitarian law and respect for the impartial role of the medical personnel. A massive drought threatens to cause a new famine in the Horn of Africa, particularly Ethiopia, and international aid is urgently needed to save 16 million people in eight countries. The United Nations has warned that nearly 8 million people in Ethiopia are in need of international aid to survive because of the drought and that as many as 16 million in the region are at risk. Blockaded, Bombarded, Forgotten. 200,000 refugees, Russian troops have completely cut off the country, Systematic bombing evacuated whole cities.
Refugees are without sanitation, food, water, and shelter.
Muslim Aid Australia has launched the Chechan Appeal to assist refugees.