Around 90% of Tigray’s People Depend on International Aid for Survival
Voice of America
GENEVA - A United Nations overview of conditions in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray province after more than nine-months of civil strife finds a society of staggering devastation, of ruined lives and livelihoods.
Thousands of people have been killed and two million internally displaced since Ethiopian troops invaded Tigray on November 4 to retake the province from rebel forces. The United Nations reports millions of people are suffering from acute hunger, with some 400,000 on the verge of famine. Malnutrition is soaring, putting thousands of children’s lives at risk Spokesman for the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Jens Laerke, says 5.2 million people—around 90 percent of the population--are now dependent on humanitarian aid for survival.FILE - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting on April 25, 2019, as part of the second Belt and Road Forum in Beijing. Xi will visit Hungary this week on his European tour. FILE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, center, adjusts an earphone as he attends a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 16, 2017. Xi will visit Serbia this week on his European tour.
France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, greets Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 6, 2024. French President Emmanuel Macron, center, China's President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a trilateral meeting at the Elysee Palace as part of Xi's two-day state visit to France, in Paris, May 6, 2024.
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