Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, the country’s ombudsman said Tuesday, a rare admission of hunger-related deaths by a federal body.

Jan 24, 2024 · Famine is stalking parts of Ethiopia. The epicentre is in the northern Tigray region. Villagers who have not yet recovered from the ravages of the recent war in the region are now stricken by...

Beginning with the onset of the Tigray war in November 2020, acute food shortages leading to death and starvation became widespread in northern Ethiopia, and the Tigray, Afar and Amhara Regions in particular.

Ethiopia is facing a hunger crisis caused by a combination of conflict and climate extremes. More than 10 million people are acutely food insecure because of violence, insecurity, displacement, drought, floods and economic shocks.

Apr 6, 2021 · Our stark conclusion is that the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea are starving the people of Tigray. Circumstantial evidence suggests that this is intentional, systematic and widespread.

Sep 24, 2021 · Today, almost a million people in northern Ethiopia are experiencing famine conditions. Here’s what you need to know this week: Ethiopia’s blockade of Tigray continues… Despite protestations, the blockade put in place on June 27 continues to prevent relief assistance from entering Tigray.

The people of Tigray, Ethiopia, are suffering a humanitarian crisis that is entirely man-made. This report from the World Peace Foundation documents how Ethiopian and Eritrean belligerents in the war in Tigray have comprehensively dismantled the region’s economy and food system.

Jul 31, 2021 · UNICEF said Friday more than 100,000 children could face extreme starvation in the next year as a result of major fighting in the country's northern Tigray region. USAID Administrator Samantha...

Jun 11, 2021 · Hundreds of thousands of people who remain inside Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region are living in famine conditions, according to new data from the UN. Violent conflict erupted in Tigray in November 2020, displacing millions of Ethiopians and sending hundreds of thousands of refugees across the border into eastern Sudan.

Apr 18, 2024 · Ethiopia continues to face one of the worst droughts in recent history, and millions of its people are suffering from acute hunger. Back in December, the United States resumed aid shipments...