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400,000 In Tigray Cross threshold Into Famine , With Nearly 2 Million On The Brink, Security Council Told

Saturday, 3 July 2021, 4:23 pm Senior UN officials appealed on Friday for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Tigray – and for an end to deadly attacks on aid workers - as the Security Council held its first open meeting on the conflict in the restive northern Ethiopian region. Painting a grim picture, Ramesh Rajasingham, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said that 400,000 people have “crossed the threshold into famine” – with another 1.8 million on the brink of following them. Some 1.7 million people have been displaced by fighting between Ethiopian troops and the Tigray Defence Force, with 60,000 refugees crossing the border into neighbouring Sudan, added Rosemary

UN warns of escalating famine in Ethiopia with 1 8m at risk

UN warns of escalating famine in Ethiopia with 1.8m at risk Africanews 15 hrs ago © Ben Curtis/Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved Despite the announcement of a ceasefire in the Tigray region of Ethiopia earlier this week the UN is warning of possible further clashes and a humanitarian crisis. The decision to halt the conflict was made unilaterally by the central government but has not yet been endorsed by the Tigray Defence Forces who have vowed to drive their enemies from the region. As of today, the TDF has yet to agree to a ceasefire, said Rosemary Dicarlo, the UN Under-Secretary for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs. While there have been no reports of serious incidents, basic services to support humanitarian delivery are absent. Mekele has no electrical power or internet, key infrastructure has been destroyed and there are no flights entering or leaving the area .

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