RPT-EXCLUSIVE-UN official accuses Eritrean forces of deliberately starving Tigray Reuters 19 hrs ago
(Repeats article published on June 11) More than 350,000 people living in famine conditions - UN estimate Number of malnourished children rising, UN says Many farmers say last harvest looted or destroyed - UN official Farmers lack seeds, oxen and security for May planting season
By Katharine Houreld and Giulia Paravicini
ADIGRAT/ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, June 11 (Reuters) - The northern highlands of Ethiopia became a global byword for famine in the mid-1980s, when drought and conflict combined to create a disaster that killed as many as one million people. Now hunger is stalking the Tigray region again, and a senior UN official alleges that starvation is being used as a weapon of war.
About 350 000 people in Ethiopia s Tigray in famine – UN analysis
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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 (UN) agencies and aid groups that blamed conflict for the worst catastrophic food crisis in a decade.
ADIGRAT/ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA The northern highlands of Ethiopia became a global byword for famine in the mid-1980s, when drought and conflict combined to create a disaster that killed as many as one million people. Now hunger is stalking the Tigray region again, and a senior UN official alleges that starvation is being used as a weapon of war. More than 350,000 of Tigray s nearly 6 million people are living in famine conditions, according to an analysis by United Nations agencies and global aid groups first reported by Reuters on Thursday. Nearly 2 million others are one step away from such dire deprivation, they said. Ethiopia has disputed these estimates.
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