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UN food agency forced to halt aid in Ethiopia for 650,000 women and children

FILE - Food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions sitting in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Ethiopia on 21 February 2022. AP

The UN's World Food Programme says that it has to suspend aid for 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia due to a lack of funding, while the country faces tensions and rising food insecurity.

Hunger and malnutrition are on the rise in Ethiopia as ongoing conflict, regional instability, displacement, drought and economic shocks leave millions without sufficient nutritious food, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned this Tuesday.

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