The Tigray Region has witnessed clashes between Ethiopian government troops and the Tigray People s Liberation Front, an ethno-nationalist paramilitary group.
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English News and Press Release on Ethiopia about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Epidemic; published on 10 Jun 2021 by FAO, UNICEF and 2 other organizations
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Displaced people are seen at the Shire campus of Aksum University, which was turned into a temporary shelter for people displaced by conflict, in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 15 March 2021 - Reuters
An analysis by United Nations agencies and aid groups estimates that about 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region are in famine conditions, according to an internal UN document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
The Ethiopian government disputes the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, according to the notes of a meeting on the situation in Tigray of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) – made up of the heads of at least 18 UN and non-UN organizations.