A famine is looming that could rival the worst famines of the past, relief workers say. Every day, desperate villagers gather at an aid warehouse in Yechila hoping for food, which has arrived only once in the past month. The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, a humanitarian research group, recently said famine could be widespread in Tigray by early 2024. “This latest famine is much bigger than the 1984 famine,” said Gebrehiwot Gebregzabher, head of the Tigray Disaster Risk Management Commission. “There are many people dying all the time, and we have lost track,” Yechila village administrator Gessese Tadesse said.

Source: Ethiopian News December 28, 2023 16:57 UTC