Ethiopia: Looming famine in Tigray is the making of ‘starvation crimes’ says report by WPF
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Patrick Smith
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April 9, 2021 14:52
Without an end to the fighting in Tigray, its people will face starvation more devastating than the “biblical famine” that tore through the region in the 1980s, according to a heavily-detailed survey by researchers from the US-based World Peace Foundation.
They report, in graphic detail, on the systematic destruction of farms and factories across the Tigray region, targeting civilians directly, far beyond what Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called a “law enforcement” operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) regional government last November.
If the current offensive continues, led by Ethiopian federal troops and Eritrean forces