'Survival mode' for families displaced by Ethiopia quakes

Residents displaced by multiple earthquakes disembark from a truck upon arriving at a recently established displacement camp in Awash Arba, on January 11, 2025.[AFP]

Under a makeshift shelter, Moussa Akele kills time chewing the stimulant khat, wondering where his family will get its next meal after fleeing a series of earthquakes that have shaken several regions of Ethiopia.

The 40-year-old was at home in Kabanna in the Afar region, about 250 kilometres (155 miles) northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, when an earthquake struck in late December.