Fearing another famine

Fighting has forced more than two

million people from their homes in

northern Ethiopia, the arid highlands

that suffered drought and famine in

the 1980s. In August aid organizations

estimated that 5.2 million people in

Tigray faced catastrophic food

insecurity, in part because pro-

government forces were blocking and

looting aid. Damage to bridges, roads,

and airstrips also has hampered

humanitarian aid efforts.

November 2020

October 2021

Rosemary Wardley, NGM Staff. Scott Elder.

Sources: FEWS Network; OCHA

Fearing another famine

Fighting has forced more than two million people from their homes in northern

Ethiopia, the arid highlands that suffered drought and famine in the 1980s. In

August aid organizations estimated that 5.2 million people in Tigray faced

catastrophic food insecurity, in part because pro-government forces were blocking

and looting aid. Damage to bridges, roads, and airstrips also has hampered

humanitarian aid efforts.

November 2020

October 2021

Rosemary Wardley, NGM Staff. Scott Elder.

Sources: FEWS Network; OCHA

Fearing another famine

Fighting has forced more than two million people from their homes in northern

Ethiopia, the arid highlands that suffered drought and famine in the 1980s. In August

aid organizations estimated that 5.2 million people in Tigray faced catastrophic

food insecurity, in part because pro-government forces were blocking and looting

aid. Damage to bridges, roads, and airstrips also has hampered humanitarian aid efforts.

November 2020

October 2021

Rosemary Wardley, NGM Staff. Scott Elder.

Sources: FEWS Network; OCHA