More than 350 thousand people are living in famine conditions in Ethiopia, according to analysis by a United Nations-backed initiative that monitors food security.
The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) analysis was conducted in northern Tigray, where war broke out in November, and neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar between May and June this year.
The analysis said that as of May this year, 5.5 million people were facing high levels of acute food insecurity.
The analysis added that the situation was likely to worsen through to September.
The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, and children’s agency UNICEF have called for urgent action to address the crisis.
Executive Director of World Food Program, David Beasley said there were many areas United Nations staff could not reach.
The report had not yet been endorsed by Ethiopia’s government.
