Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Deaths from starvation after aid halted

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Deaths from starvation after aid halted - official

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1970-01-01 08:00

The region estimates at least 1,400 have died since a food corruption scam was uncovered in April.

At least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen, an official has said.

The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) and the US's leading aid agency halted food aid to Tigray about four months ago.

A subsequent investigation...