UN Says $1 Billion Aid Urgently Needed For Crisis-hit Ethiopia

The UN says $3.24 billion is needed this year alone to adi Ethiopia, including some four million internally displaced people (Credit: AFP)

The UN appealed Tuesday for pledges to address the "critical" humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, where more than 21 million people need aid, and a dire food crisis is deepening.

A donor conference at the United Nations' European headquarters Tuesday afternoon aims to raise significant pledges towards the $1 billion urgently needed to cover aid for just the next three months.