Tag: Hunger
In poorest countries, surge combines with vaccine shortage
KAMPALA, Uganda — Hati Maronjei once swore he would never get a COVID-19 shot, after a pastor warned that vaccines aren't safe.
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Ethiopia urges Tigray rights inquiry to ‘immediately cease’
NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government is urging an African Union body to “immediately cease” a new commission of inquiry into allegations of abuses in...
Ethiopia envoy: Eritrean troops in Tigray will `leave soon’
UNITED NATIONS — Ethiopia’s U.N. ambassador said Tuesday that Eritrean troops who have been fighting with his country’s forces in a war against the...
Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
ROME — Pope Francis demanded Sunday that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean...
UN official: Key committee says 350,000 in famine in Tigray
UNITED NATIONS — A high-level U.N.-led committee that focuses on rapid responses to humanitarian crises estimates that some 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray...
Report on Tigray: 350,000 face famine, 2 million a step away
UNITED NATIONS — A report issued Thursday warns that over 350,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray province are facing famine and over 2 million are...
UN: Famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Friday that famine is imminent in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region and the country's north and there...
Indian economist Amartya Sen receives top Spanish award
MADRID — Amartya Kumar Sen, an Indian economist and philosopher who studied the causes of famines, will be recognized with this year's Princess of...
UN warns Tigray faces famine risk if aid isn’t scaled up
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned the Security Council that the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region is worsening and “there...
US restricting visas, taking other action over Tigray crisis
WASHINGTON — The United States has begun restricting visas for people undermining efforts to resolve the deadly fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, saying it...