But the UN report calls the current response “drastically inadequate,” even as some progress is made. It also says a screening of more than 3,500 children found 109 with severe acute malnutrition. The Tigray conflict began at a vulnerable time, just before the harvest and after months of a regional locust outbreak. The UN report cites “bureaucratic obstacles” and the presence of “various armed actors” as complications in the delivery of aid. The UN report describes a “dire” situation in which “COVID-19 services have stopped” in the Tigray region, displaced people in some cases are sleeping 30 to a single classroom and host communities are under “incredible strain.”

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2021 12:37 UTC