Around 225 people, including children, have died from hunger in Ethiopia’s Tigray region due to drought and war since last July, according to local officials.
Health officials told regional TV that most of the 209 deaths have occurred in the rural area of Edga Arbi.
In a different place, 16 people died because they didn’t have enough food. They had to leave their homes because of a war that lasted for two years and ended in 2022.
Officials from Tigray had warned that a famine like the one in Ethiopia in the 1980s may happen again, and many people could die.
The government says there isn’t going to be a famine soon and they are giving help to stop it.
The UN says over 20 million people in Ethiopia need food help because of fighting, lack of rain, and too much water.
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About 225 people perish from famine in Ethiopia – Officials
