Ethiopia's "siege" on its restive Tigray region is creating a "man-made famine", the European Commission has warned. "Famine is now a reality in Tigray for an estimated 900,000 people and another 1 million people are just one step away ... Ethiopia recently announced a ceasefire after rebel forces in Tigray captured the regional capital, Mekelle, and other towns. The EU has suspended direct budgetary aid to Ethiopia and threatened to blacklist officials who obstructed aid workers. Haavisto's comments were a "hallucination of sorts or a lapse in memory of some kind", the Ethiopian foreign ministry said at the time.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 05:15 UTC