Aid crisis looms in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray

As conflict spills across northern Ethiopia, up to seven million people urgently need food aid, according to the UN’s World Food Programme


Tigray: Conflict that erupted in Nov 2020 between Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels has spread to Afar and Amhara regions

SUDAN
SOUTH SUDAN
ERITREA
Mekelle
AMHARA
BENISHANGUL GUMUZ
GAMBELA
Addis Ababa
SNNPR*
OROMIA
KENYA
Red Sea
AFAR
ETHIOPIA
DJIBOUTI
Gulf of Aden
SOMALIA
SOMALI

200km 125 miles


Tigray 5.2m
People facing hunger
Afar, Amhara 1.7m

 
Food insecurity outlook (Oct 2021-Jan 2022) 
Minimal 	Crisis
Stressed 	Emergency


*Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region


Sources: FEWS NET, Reuters, United Nations, World Food Programme
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