Fast NewsAccording to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), the number of people facing hunger across northern Ethiopia because of the conflict and drought has surged to 9.4 million. About 200,000 children and pregnant or lactating women are suffering from moderate malnutrition and 14,000 children acute malnutrition. (Reuters)More than six million people in drought-hit areas of eastern and southern Ethiopia will need "life-saving" assistance this year. Altogether, about 200,000 children and pregnant or lactating women were suffering from moderate malnutrition and 14,000 children acute malnutrition, it said. READ MORE: Global need for humanitarian aid to 'skyrocket' in 2022Source: TRTWorld and agencies

Source: Ethiopian News January 06, 2022 02:30 UTC