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Between Oct. 7 and 13, only 1% of the 5.2 million people in need of food aid in Ethiopia’s Tigray region received it, according to the U.N.

In Ethiopia's Tigray, only 1% of people needing food aid received it

Between Oct. 7 and 13, only 1% of the 5.2 million people in need of food aid in Ethiopia’s war-battered Tigray region received it, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Over 400,000 people are experiencing famine-like conditions there.

Of the 52,000 who received food aid, half received only one or two items, the U.N. agency said in a report Thursday.

The portion of children under 5 years old experiencing severe acute malnutrition is at an “alarming” 2.5%.

Humanitarian access: Restrictions prevent humanitarian aid from transiting into Tigray from the Afar region, home to road and rail lines connecting to national capital Addis Ababa and Djibouti’s port.

https://www.devex.com/news/in-ethiopia- ... -it-101901