By Dawit EndeshawMEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Her doctor says she is dying, a new victim of an acute food shortage in a region blighted by two years of war and struggling with drought. Aid flows to Tigray resumed after the November ceasefire but were temporarily halted earlier this year. The Ethiopian government spokesperson did not respond to a Reuters request for comment on rising levels of hunger in the Tigray region or the resumption of aid flows to the area. (Additional reporting by Tiksa Negeri in Tigray and Giulia Paravicini in Nairobi; Writing by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Edmund Blair)

Source: Ethiopian News July 10, 2023 07:45 UTC