The risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in northern Ethiopia is growing, Andrew Mitchell, the UK’s Africa minister, said on his return from a two-day trip to the region. The UK, which has long made Ethiopia a priority country, is slowly reversing large cuts to its aid programme. On his trip Mitchell met the Ethiopian prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, in Addis Ababa and travelled to the Tigray regional capital, Mekelle. “Across northern Ethiopia, millions of people are facing hunger,” he said. Climate change and El Niño have fuelled local exoduses, with 400,000 displaced in the Somali region of Ethiopia last November alone.

Source: Ethiopian News February 05, 2024 11:46 UTC