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Tigray, Ethiopia: “We have seen worse than death and it doesn’t matter if we die.”

April 19, 2021

Addis Ababa, Monday 19 April, 2021 - As Tigray residents recount the horrors they have faced, worries rise for people’s longer-term safety as they are left without food, inputs for planting, and high food prices and access to cash and markets. A recent CARE assessment found that the food situation in a number of areas of eastern Tigray is truly alarming, with little or no agricultural inputs available for people to recover over the coming months.

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Venezuela: Women and girls at greatest risk as thousands escape violence due to military operations in the border zone with Colombia  

April 8, 2021

[Bogotá, Colombia, 07 april 2021] At least 5,500 people from Venezuela had crossed the border between Apure and the Colombian department of Arauca in the last two weeks. They are escaping violent clashes between the Venezuelan military and Colombian irregular armed groups operating in their territory.  Women and girls crossing are at risk of gender-based violence or sexual abuse while crossing into Colombia. 

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Fear For Vulnerable Women And Girls As Palma Violence Displaces Thousands More In Mozambique

March 31, 2021

An escalation of violence on March 24 by non-state armed groups in Palma district in Cabo Delgado has left dozens killed and caused thousands more to flee their homes as reported by UN-OCHA. CARE is particularly concerned about the plight of women and girls, who are vulnerable to sexual and physical violence in conflict contexts as well as being the main caregivers and often providers for their families, even when displaced.

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