more than 9 million people suffer from hunger in the north, according to the UN

The recent developments in the conflict in Ethiopia, where the Tigrayan rebels threaten to march on the capital Addis Ababa, worry the international community.

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The region has been plagued by war for over a year. More than nine million people now need food aid in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations World Food Program said on Friday (November 26th). 9.4 million people suffer from hunger, according to a press release “as a direct consequence of the ongoing conflict”, up from around 7 million in September. “The Amhara region [où les combats se déroulent en ce moment] saw the biggest increase in numbers with 3.7 million people now in urgent need of food aid “, says the Program, as this week food was distributed for the first time since these towns of Amhara were taken by rebels nearly a month ago.

The recent developments of the conflict in Ethiopia, where the Tigrayan rebels threaten to march on the capital Addis Ababa, worry the international community, which tries to obtain a ceasefire. Several states, including the United Kingdom, France and the United States, have called on their nationals to leave the country.


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