A high-level UN-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region are facing famine conditions. A note from the meeting said millions of other people in Tigray urgently need food to avoid famine, said a UN official. The UN has criticised the lack of access to all areas of Tigray for humanitarian workers seeking to deliver aid. Some areas of Tigray remain inaccessible, Mr Dujarric said, and in accessible areas “the situation is dire, including dysfunctional water systems and limited or no health facilities”. “Levels of food insecurity and malnutrition are at alarming levels,” Mr Dujarric said.

Source: The Irish Times June 10, 2021 06:58 UTC