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Ethiopia Ranked Fourth on Global Crisis Watchlist
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AI SUMMARY
The International Rescue Committee has ranked Ethiopia fourth on its 2026 Emergency Watchlist, warning that renewed conflict is threatening poverty reduction and sustainable development goals.
- Ethiopia ranks fourth on the International Rescue Committee's 2026 Emergency Watchlist for nations most at risk of worsening humanitarian crises.
- The country is placed behind Sudan, the occupied Palestinian territory, and South Sudan.
- The elevated risk reflects security concerns and escalating tensions between federal forces and armed opposition groups, including the newly formed Alliance for Survival in the Tigray region.
- The IRC reports that violent conflict globally has set back progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals by 18 years.
- The 20 Watchlist countries account for 89 percent of people in humanitarian need and nearly half of those living in extreme poverty.
- Official development assistance is declining while humanitarian needs surge, with only 17 percent of populations in fragile contexts having access to social protection networks compared to 49 percent in other developing nations.
- The IRC advocates integrating emergency cash assistance into national social protection systems and centering conflict and fragility in post-2030 global development policy.
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