News: #UK announces £100 m to #Ethiopia amid deepening humanitarian crisis https://t.co/mLunVV0gOd
The British Government has announced £100 million in aid “to save the lives of mothers and babies in Ethiopia”
The UK warned of growing risk of humanitarian catastrophe after Andrew Mitchell, Development and Africa Minister, returned from a 2-day visit to Ethiopia where he witnessed “the humanitarian crisis first hand.”
“Millions are trapped in displacement, hunger and need. As ever the most vulnerable people, particularly women and children, are the first to be hit,” Mr Mitchel
The announcement came amid reports of a rising number of people in the Tigray region to have been killed by starvation.
However, Shiferaw Teklamariam, commissioner of Ethiopia’s Disaster Risk Management Commission, denied the presence of death by starvation and said that the current situation in Ethiopia amounts to “drought but not famine.” Shiferaw vehemently denounced what he said were “efforts to exploit the drought in different regions” of the country for “political purposes”, labeled such reporting as “inappropriate and completely unacceptable.”
HPN4Tigray's Beta Team for Human Resources has touched down in Tigray. We extend our immense thanks to our leads, Dr. Felasfa and Azeb, and wish them a productive stay 🫶🏾 #Tigray
After a ceasefire was signed in Nov 2022, the siege was loosened.But there was very little reconstruction There is still little trade & employment
The last straw was that the rains failed
#TigrayIsBeingStarved#TigrayFamine@WFP@USAID@LetbrehanGebre1 https://t.co/hrdWbdlroo
While true that food insecurity in #Ethiopia has long history as also droughts & wars, that cant be used to explain or excuse current #Tigray starvation which is direct consequence of punitive punishment policy & questionable international aid decisions https://t.co/J7fGGJ5xCy
“Therefore, we will make it our priority to navigate out of the unnecessary conflict & ensure the safe return of the displaced people to their homes”
"unecessary conflict" ... that results in genocide, millions of bereaved families & years of reconstruction...
#Tigray
#Ethiopia Starvation: Fear of Famine In #Tigray Grows
Millions of Tigrayans who have not yet recovered from the genocidal war are now stricken by severe drought. Reports of hundreds of children dying of starvation are trickling in from remote areas. 1/
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