ETHIOPIA Access Snapshot - Tigray Region As of 31 March 2021

Humanitarian partners' access to Tigray Further, government counterparts and partners have improved in March, with the replace- N reported instances of discrimination in terms of access Badime ERITREAERITREA ment of the previous "clearance Ethiopia ERITREA 1000 Km to aid and aid diversion by parties to the conflict. Adi Hageray process" for the deployment of Seyemti Egela Zala Ambesa Adi Hageray Dawuhan Adi Hageray Adyabo Gerhu Sernay Dawuhan Access improved in some previously inaccessible areas international aid workers at the Gerhu Sernay Gulo Mekeda Erob Adi Nebried Rama Fatsi SheraroSheraro Ahsea Fatsi of the Central zone, i.e., Abi Adi town and surrounding Tahtay Chila Rama Eastern185K Federal level with a new flexible Tahtay Adiyabo Adi Daero Rama Aheferom Debre Damo 772KAdi Daero Koraro Chila Bzet Adigrat Saesie woredas, allowing increasing movements and opera- HumeraHumera Chila Yeha Bzet Adigrat "notification" system and further flexibil- Adigoshu Laelay Adiabo IntichoInticho

SUDAN tions by partners. On the other hand, fighting escalated Adabay Tahtay Selekleka Laelay Adwa Ganta Edaga Hamus Hamus SUDAN Maychew Adwa Feresmay Afeshum ity in the movement of relief cargo to the region. North Western Koraro Selekleka Adwa Hahayle Kafta Humera NebelatEastern Tsaeda Emba in South-Eastern and Southern zones, hindering access North Western Wukro AkxumAkxum Emba Despite these marked improvements, access to large Maycadra ShireShire Edaga Arbi Nebelet FrewoyniFrewoyni Maycadra Asgede Tahtay Sieneti Baeker EdagaEdaga Arbi Arbi to previously accessible woredas, i.e., Samre or Saharti Baeker Mayechew Central Hawzen areas continues to be impeded by insecurity, and the EndabagunaEndabaguna Central Mayknetal Hawzen Atsbi May Kadra Western ZanaZana Semema Hawzen (South-Eastern), hampering relief efforts. At the time of Korarit TIGRAY Naeder Endafelasi330K Kelete humanitarian response remains limited, particularly in Western Zana Semema Awelallo Atsibi Tsimbla Adet Wukro writing, reports indicate the population has largely rural hard-to-reach areas. Edaga Selus Keyhe tekli Geraleta Wukro Adi RemetsAdi Remets May Gaba Hayka DimaDima Degua vacated towns like Gijet or Samre (South-Eastern) while Welkait Temben Mesahil Dima Hagere Five months since the start of the conflict, the population Tsegede Awra Tselemti Kola TembenAbi Adi HagereSelam Agulae in the Southern zone, people could only access food aid Abi Adi Selam MayMay Tsebri Tsebri Tanqua in rural areas (80 percent before the conflict), including DanshaDansha 92K in Maychew town, having to walk significant distances. Dansha Melashe Mekele Mekele those living in major towns in the North-Western such as TsegedeKetema Nigus Ketema Nigus AFAR In North-Western, for the first time since the beginning of Sheraro, Zana, Endabaguna and the whole Western zone, Abergele SahartiSouth EasternEnderta Gijet the conflict, partners were allowed access by parties to AMHARA Yechila GijetSouth Eastern continue to lack access to essential services such as AMHARA Mearay 267K Adi GudomAdi Gudom the conflict to the former refugee camps of Hitsas and (1) Hintalo SamreSamre AFAR electricity, health, water and sanitation, and education. Accessible areas 4.5 million HiwaneHiwane Shimelba. Out of the 20,000 refugees who lived in the Samre Wajirat People in need of Town The conflict hinders access to public social protection Partially Accessible areas Selewa camps prior to the crisis, 7,000 reached the other two institutions such as judicial systems and police services. food aid Regional Capital Emba Alaje Eritrean refugee camps of Mai Aini and Adi Harush Hard to reach areas Bora Zonal Capital (2) Maychew Victims and people with special needs – including (1) Maychew (North-Western), and UNHCR has contacted some 2,000 (1) MokoniMokoni refugees and IDPs – remain unable to access any referral 1.7 million 62,225Towns Accessible roads NeqsegeEndamehoni Raya Azebo in Shire, Mekele, Afar, and Addis Ababa. The wherea- Internally Displaced NewBoundary Ethiopian Refugees 63K SouthernAdigoshu mechanisms, highly vulnerable and unattended. Partially accessible roads Southern bouts of the rest remain unknown. According to zone International Chercher People in Tigray in Sudan Chercher KoremOfla authorities, 70 percent of the North-Western zone is Active hostilities between Ethiopian National Defense Roads in hard-to-reach areas Zata since NovemberRegion 2020 Korem Chercher Alamata controlled by ErDF. Despite being accessible, minimal Forces (ENDF) and Eritrea Defense Forces (ErDF) against (1) Source : Tigray Regional Government Zone Displacement trends Alamata Raya Alamata assistance has reached areas bordering Eritrea, includ- Tigray Special Forces (TSF) and associated militias – (2) Source : UNHCR Woreda XXX Number of IDPs by Zone Waja including airstrikes, heavy artillery, and hit-and-run attacks ing Sheraro, Adi Hageray, or Seyemti Adyabo woredas. People in need people in need people in need -continue in rural areas of North-Western, Central, Eastern, Zone people in need While no active fighting is reportedly taking place in the in accessible areas in partially accessible Food dispatched but in hard to reach South-Eastern and Southern zones. As a result, in March, areas hard to reach areas Western zone, reports of forced displacement of Tigray- partners had limited access to Abergele, Hahayle, Edaga population and denials of assistance to people of Tigray Central 131,000 777,000 84,200 213,000 Arbi, Emba Sieneti, Endefeasi woredas (Central); Saharti, origin in areas close to Dansha by local authorities and Samre or Wajirat woredas (South-Eastern); Bora, Neqsefe, Eastern 88,500 697,500 - - armed groups continue to emerge. Reportedly, armed Ofla or Zata woredas (Southern); Asgede, Tahtay Koraro or North Western 72,800 504,800 45,200 127,000 groups in the area deny partners' access to the popula- Tsimbla woredas (North- Western). According to the tion stranded in areas close to the Tekezi river bordering Emergency Coordination Centre (ECC) in Mekele, some South Eastern - 298,800 50,000 65,200 North-Western Tigray in Korarit woreda. In March, tens 300,000 people in the Central zone, i.e., Chila, Rama, Southern 51,200 387,200 58,700 127,000 of thousands fled from Western to North-Western Ahsea, Egela, Adet, and Hahayle, have not received any Tigray. In Shire, a recent assessment reported as many - 360,200 - 7,700 food aid since the beginning of the conflict. Western as 450,000 displaced (pre-conflict population was 380,000 - - - In March, heavy fighting largely subsided in areas border- Mekele 80,000), sheltering in at least 14 collective sites and ing Eritrea in the Eastern, and northern areas of Total 723,500 3,025,500 238,000 540,000 living among the community or scattered in rural areas. North-Western and Central zones, where a significant (1) Accessible: The population has optimal access to humanitarian assistance and services. The operational environment to relief operations - from a security perspective - is enabling. presence of ErDF is reported. Nonetheless, relief opera- (2) Partially accessible: The population is able to access limited humanitarian assistance and services. Insecurity continues affecting the safety and security of the population and aid workers, impending relief operations on an tions in those areas remain limited, and reports of trepida- intermittent basis. tion within communities continue to be received, including (3) Hard-to-reach/food provided: Operations in these areas remain off-limits to humanitarian partners due to insecurity. This notwithstanding, food aid has been reportedly dispatched by government (4) Hard-to-reach: The population’ access to humanitarian assistance and services is highly restricted. The security situation is extremely volatile, compromising the safety and security of the population and aid workers, impending house-to-house searches, sexual violence, and violence relief operations on a permanent basis. against civilians. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 31 March 2021 Sources: OCHA, Tigray Statistical Agency, humanitarian partners Feedback: [email protected] http://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/ethiopia www.reliefweb.int ETHIOPIA

Access Map - Tigray Region As of 23 March 2021

Badime ERITREA Ethiopia ERITREA Adi Hageray Seyemti Egela Zala Ambesa Dawuhan Adi Hageray Adyabo Gerhu Sernay Gulo Mekeda Erob Adi Nebried Rama Sheraro Ahsea Fatsi Eastern Tahtay Adiyabo Tahtay Chila Rama Debre Damo Adi Daero Koraro Aheferom Saesie Humera Chila Yeha Bzet Adigrat Laelay Adiabo Inticho Adigoshu Tahtay Laelay Ganta SUDAN Adabay Selekleka Maychew Adwa Feresmay Edaga Hamus Koraro Selekleka Afeshum North Western Hahayle Kafta Humera Adwa Wukro Akxum Tsaeda Emba Maycadra Shire Nebelat Asgede Frewoyni Tahtay Edaga Arbi Baeker Mayechew Central Endabaguna Mayknetal Hawzen Atsbi May Kadra Zana Semema Korarit Naeder Hawzen Kelete TIGRAY Endafelasi Western Zana Awelallo Atsibi Tsimbla Adet Edaga Selus Keyhe tekli Geraleta Adi Remets Welkait Hayka May Gaba Dima Degua Wukro Mesahil Tsegede Temben Dima Kola Temben Agulae Awra Tselemti Abi Adi Hagere Division May Tsebri Selam Dansha Tanqua Dansha Melashe Mekele Tsegede AFAR Ketema Nigus Abergele Saharti Enderta Gijet AMHARA Mearay South Eastern Adi Gudom Hintalo Samre Hiwane Samre Wajirat Town Accessible areas Selewa

Regional Capital Emba Alaje Partially accessible areas Bora Zonal Capital Maychew Mokoni Towns Hard-to-reach areas Neqsege Endamehoni Raya Azebo Adigoshu Boundary Accessible roads Southern International Chercher Partially accessible roads Zata Ofla Region N Korem Chercher Zone Roads in hard to reach areas Alamata 1000 Km Raya Alamata Woreda Displacement trends Waja

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 23 March 2021 Sources: OCHA, Tigray Statistical Agency, humanitarian partners Feedback: [email protected] http://www.humanitarianresponse.info/operations/ethiopia www.reliefweb.int