The U N humanitarian chief says the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening and warns taht “there is a serious risk of famine if assistance is not scaled up in the next two months.”
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May 11, 2021 07:00 AM EDT
(Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Without rain, they will not be able to return to the fields and feed their families, Julie Reversé, emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Madagascar, said. And others are not afraid to say that if the situation does not improve and the rain does not fall, they will die.
According to the Famine Early Warning System Network, most poor households are forced to rely on foraging for difficult-to-eat wild foods and leaves, which can be harmful to children and pregnant women. People have been consuming termites and combining clay with tamarind, according to aid organizations.
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The crisis has left more than a million people facing a year of desperate food shortages. The south of the island will produce less than half its usual harvest in the coming months because of low rains, prolonging a hunger crisis already affecting half the Grand Sud area’s population, the UN estimates. The south saw 50% of its usual rains during the October planting season, in a fourth year of drought. According to the Famine Early Warning System Network, most poor families have to rely on foraging for wild foods and leaves that are difficult to eat and can be dangerous for children and pregnant women. Aid agencies have reported people eating termites and mixing clay with tamarind. Julie Reversé, emergency coordinator in Madagascar for Médecins Sans Frontières, said: “Without rain, they will not be able to return to