Drought deepen food crisis in northern Ethiopia as livestock die and crops fail

Drought deepen food crisis in northern Ethiopia as livestock die and crops fail

Taemo Hadish is a farmer in Haweleti, in Raya Zebo, Tigray region. She says her cattle have become too weak to move because of a lack of fodder, while the farmland she relies on to feed her family have failed to grow. “We have not seen rain for the whole year,” she says. “Our animals are dying because there is nothing for them to eat.” The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that parts of Ethiopia could experience below-average…