UN: Deaths From Starvation Reported in Ethiopia's Tigray

NEW YORK - The United Nations humanitarian chief warned Tuesday that the 1984 famine that killed more than 1 million Ethiopians could occur again if aid access to that country's northern Tigray region is not quickly improved, scaled up and properly funded. 

"There is now famine in Tigray," aid chief Mark Lowcock told a private, informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday, according to a copy of his written remarks seen by VOA.  He said the Tigray administration has reported deaths from starvation.  "The situation is set to get worse in the coming months, not only in Tigray, but in Afar and Amhara, as well."