Ethopia: Recent earthquakes displace 10,000 in Amhara’s North Shewa Zone; affected population across three regions nears 100,000

Addis Abeba – A series of earthquakes with their epicenter in the Awash Fentale area have displaced close to 10,000 residents in the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara region, which borders the Afar region.

This displacement adds to the 60,000 people affected in the Afar region and 20,000 in the Oromia region, bringing the total number of people impacted by recent seismic activity across the three regions to nearly 100,000.

The…