Famine in northern Ethiopia (2020–present)

Beginning with the onset of the Tigray war in November 2020, acute food shortages leading to death and starvation became widespread in northern Ethiopia, and the Tigray, Afar and Amhara Regions in particular. As of August 2022, there are 13 million people facing acute food insecurity, and an estimated 150,000–200,000 had died of starvation by March 2022. In the Tigray Region alone, 89% of people are in need of food aid, with those facing severe hunger reaching up to 47%.[5][1] In a report published in June 2021, over 350,000 people were already experiencing catastrophic famine conditions (IPC Phase 5).[6][7] It is the worst famine to happen in East Africa since 2011–2012. Quotes Tigray is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe the likes of which have not been seen since the infamous 1984-85 famine that claimed the lives of millions of people across Ethiopia the administration said. Indeed, at the moment, millions of Tigrayans are simply awaiting their gut-wrenching fate: death the administration said Many are already facing severe hunger. says Chris Nikoi, WFP's Ethiopia country director External link