"Ethiopia Faces Devastating Starvation Crisis: Nearly 400 Dead, Millions in Need of Food Aid"

Nearly 400 people have died of starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray and Amhara regions in recent months, with millions more in need of food aid due to drought, conflict, and a tanking economy. Only a small fraction of needy people in Tigray are receiving food aid, and the U.N. and the U.S. paused food aid last year after discovering a large-scale scheme to steal humanitarian grain. The aid pause pushed up hunger levels even further, and crisis levels of hunger or worse are expected in northern, southern, and southeastern Ethiopia throughout at least early 2024.