Liban Hailu | Oxfam in Africa

Role: Media and Communication Officer

Organisation: Oxfam in Ethiopia

49 year-old Gebrezgabiher Habtu stares at his crops after they all failed due to the ongoing drought in Tigray. CREDIT: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Survival hangs in the balance for farmers in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Gebrezgabiher Habtu, is busy clearing his land in preparation for yet another attempt at farming. With only a handful of onion, tomato, and sorghum seeds he has left, Gebrezgabiher remains hopeful…

Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in the mountains of Tigray. Photo credit: Zerubabel Tore/Oxfam

Strength amid the turmoil in Tigray: one woman’s struggle to survive conflict, lack of food in northern Ethiopia

In the mountains of Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, Tadelech Gebrihet has lived for 60 of her 70 years in Kola Tembien, about 100 kilometers west of the region’s capital Mekele. “I enjoyed a…

Fadumo in Somali, Degahabur District, in Jarar Zone. photo Credit: Liban Hailu/ Oxfam

Rebuilding Lives Amidst Drought

In the arid expanse of Degahabur in Ethiopia's Somali region, a community once ravaged by an unforgiving drought is now witnessing a glimmer of hope. Fadumo Sagal Yusuf, a 40-year-old mother of…