Hunger haunts Ethiopia's Tigray region after years of war

Hunger haunts Ethiopia's Tigray region after years of war

MEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Read full story

Hunger haunts Ethiopia's Tigray region after years of war

MEKELLE, Ethiopia, (Reuters) – Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Woldegebrial Abadi, 36, holds the hands of his severely malnourished newborn son Berhanu Woldegebrial at the Samre Hospital, in Samre, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater rea…

Hunger haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray region after years of war

By REUTERS MEKELLE, Ethiopia, July 10 (Reuters) – Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying. Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater reads “beautiful” on the front, is 10 years old but weighs just 10 kg (22 lb). Her doctor says she is dying, a new victim of an acute food shortage in a region blighted …