Thursday, June 10, 2021

UN Aid Chief Says 350,000 People In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Are Suffering Famine Conditions, With Millions More At Risk

 

 Reuters: About 350,000 People in Ethiopia's Tigray in Famine -U.N. Analysis 

ADDIS ABABA/NEW YORK (Reuters) -More than 350,000 people in Ethiopia's Tigray are suffering famine conditions, with millions more at risk, according to an analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups that blamed conflict for the worst catastrophic food crisis in a decade. 

"There is famine now in Tigray," U.N. aid chief Mark Lowcock said on Thursday after the release of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, which the IPC noted has not been endorsed by the Ethiopian government. 

"The number of people in famine conditions ... is higher than anywhere in the world, at any moment since a quarter million Somalis lost their lives in 2011," Lowcock said. 

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WNU Editor: A CNN report shows Eritrean troops blocking critical aid in Tigray (link here). More here .... Blocking of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia denounced (RTE). Eritrea in turn is blaming the US .... Eritrea blames US support for Tigray’s leaders for the war (AP). 

More News On The UN Aid Chief Saying 350,000 People In Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Are Suffering Famine Conditions  

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'There is famine in Ethiopia right now,' says UN aid chief -- CNN 

350,000 people in famine conditions in Ethiopia’s Tigray -- Al Jazeera  

US, EU demand action to end 'nightmare' in Ethiopia's Tigray -- CNA/AFP  

Famine hits Ethiopia’s Tigray region, UN humanitarian chief says, with 350,000 reportedly at risk -- RT  

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Tragedy of the man-made famine -- BBC

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