US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said famine may already be happening in certain areas of Tigray. "Famine may already be happening in certain areas, threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands. "There is famine now in Tigray," UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock told the event. But international aid organizations have complained repeatedly that they are being denied access to the region by Ethiopian forces and troops from neighboring Eritrea. "Millions of people urgently need food," it said.

Source: Manila Times June 11, 2021 15:30 UTC