ESAT News( April 5, 2017)
The United Nations warns of the spread of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD) in the Somali region of Ethiopia, a region severely hit by a series of droughts.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says new cases of AWD were registered in 37 woredas of Somali region in recent weeks.
But the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) accused that the Ethiopian regime is hiding the extent of the scourge and is not providing the help people needed.
The epidemic is further exacerbated by the drought and lack of food and water supply in the region.
Some 5.6 million people in Ethiopia need immediate food assistance after rains failed repeatedly owing to the effects of El Nino.