Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
White House: Trump called on al-Sharaa to "tell all foreign terrorists to leave Syria, deport Palestinian terrorists, help US prevent resurgence of ISIS, assume responsibility for ISIS detention centers in northeast Syria."
White House says Trump called on Al-Sharaa to join normalization accords with "Israel".
Israeli media, citing officials: Despite the Israeli plea, Donald Trump announced lifting sanctions on Syria
Anadolu: Turkish President Erdogan, US President Trump, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, and Syria's Sharaa hold online meeting.
YAF spokesperson Yahya Saree: Missile on Lod [Ben Gurion] airport is third in less than 24 hours, it achieved its target successfully.
YAF spokesperson: YAF's Missile Force targeted Ben Gurion airport with hypersonic missile.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: 60 martyrs in Israeli strikes on six homes in Gaza since this morning.
IOF says missile launched from Yemen toward "Israel", air defense systems currently working to intercept it.
Macron says Israeli PM's measures on Gaza 'unacceptable' and 'shameful'
Yemeni Armed Forces: Companies that have not announced the suspension of their flights should follow in the footsteps of those who did, suspending flights to airports in occupied Palestine

WFP warns over 80% of Tigray residents suffer from food insecurity

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 28 Jan 2022 21:57
2 Min Read

The United Nations had warned of the threat of violence to the people of Tigray, and now the WFP estimates the severity of the threat to the Tigrayan people is devastating.

  • x
  • A two-year-old Tigrayan child is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 6, 2021 (AP)
    A two-year-old Tigrayan child is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, May 6, 2021 (AP)

83% of people in Ethiopia's Tigray region are food insecure after 15 months of war, and nearly 75% of families experience a severe lack of food, the World Food Program (WFP) said Friday.

The Tigray Emergency Food Security found that "83% of people are food insecure. Families are exhausting all means to feed themselves, with three-quarters of the population using extreme coping strategies to survive."

According to the WFP, diets in Tigray are increasingly impoverished as food items become more scarce and unavailable, with families relying almost exclusively on cereals of limited portion sizes. The number of meals consumed per day is also being rationed just like portion sizes in order to make available food stretch further.

Due to the ongoing conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Ethiopian government forces, the WFP said it estimates families in the northern region received less than 30% of their daily caloric needs throughout the past several months.

Related News

‘Bread Not Bombs’: Doctors chant in Capitol protest for Gaza ceasefire

Nowhere left to run: Gaza faces relentless bombardment, starvation

The conflict and the insufficient caloric intake exacerbated the food crisis, meaning families and individuals will require humanitarian food assistance through the end of this year, the WFP revealed.

Not only is the population impoverished, but the fighting has prevented humanitarian aid convoys from reaching Tigray since mid-December despite the population needing the help.

Conditions on the ground have posed a threat to the safety of staff and food supplies, the WFP clarified.

Several states have urged the UN Human Rights Council to send international investigators to Ethiopia last month amid warnings of looming generalized violence.

Addis Ababa has accused the countries calling for the investigation of hijacking the process to "exert political pressure."

The United Nations Security Council called in November for a ceasefire in Ethiopia, expressing its "deep concern" over the intensification of fighting in the north of the North African country.

Read: 2021 Roundup: Ethiopia; a state of insecurity

  • World Food Programme
  • TPLF
  • United Nations
  • Ethiopia
  • Tigray
  • Tigray People's Liberation Front

Most Read

Trump cut off contact with Netanyahu, senior Israeli official says

Trump cut off contact with Netanyahu: Israeli media

  • US & Canada
  • 9 May 2025
Saree

Yemeni Armed Forces target key Israeli sites, USS Truman

  • MENA
  • 7 May 2025
A boy draped in a Palestinian flag carries a mock rocket during a weekly anti-US and anti-Israeli rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, May 9, 2025 (AP)

Yemen announces hypersonic missile strike on Ben Gurion Airport

  • Politics
  • 9 May 2025
President Donald Trump, left, greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House, Monday, April 7, 2025, in Washington (AP)

US pressures 'Israel' for Gaza deal; Witkoff's Israeli rebuke leaked

  • US & Canada
  • 9 May 2025

Coverage

All
Gaza prevails against genocide

Read Next

All
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer with his wife Victoria make their way through supporters as they arrive at the count for the Holborn and St Pancras Parliamentary constituency where the Starmer is standing for election, in London, Friday, July 5, 2024 (AP)
Politics

UK Labour MPs urge government to recognize Palestine

Israeli exodus: 60,000 Israelis fled last year without return
Politics

Israeli exodus: 60,000 settlers fled last year on one-way tickets

Hollywood actors condemn Gaza violence days before Cannes Festival
Arts and Culture

350+ Hollywood actors condemn Gaza genocide ahead of Cannes Festival

Likud minister calls Trump as ‘unpredictable,’ unreliable
Palestine

Likud minister rebukes Trump, calls him 'unpredictable', unreliable

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS