In Ayder hospital in Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the corridors are filled with the hubbub of any busy medical facility. For here lie children numbly bearing witness to the latest food crisis to ravage northern Ethiopia. Mostly babies, they are suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The government says 16 million people across the country are facing food shortages, with almost half of those suffering emergency or severe levels of food insecurity. This is why Tsega Tsigabu, 23, and her four-month-old son, Kidisty, are languishing in Ayder hospital.

Source: Ethiopian News February 05, 2024 10:24 UTC