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Nairobi,\u00a0Kenya, Jun 23 — Her nephew shared the harrowing tale of how she died.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 45-year-old mother of five had not eaten in days and begged for a sip of water as she lay dying in a hospital in Ethiopia’s war-scarred Tigray region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She struggled to swallow, her muscles weakened from prolonged starvation, as droplets dribbled down her chin, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She died four days later — the victim of a hunger crisis expected to worsen after the World Food Programme and USAID suspended food aid to Ethiopia this month, citing the diversion of supplies from those in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exact circumstances of her death cannot be independently verified because journalists are not permitted to visit Tigray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her children — the youngest just five years old — are now orphans, and dependent on relatives who are themselves unable to make ends meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We don’t have the capacity to look after her children,” said her nephew Desta Hailu, not his real name, speaking to AFP by phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A university lecturer in Adigrat, a town bordering Eritrea, Hailu said he had consumed his last meal — a slice of bread with tea — 48 hours earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and his wife often skip meals, he said, prioritising the needs of their young children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it is never enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“My son is always complaining of hunger and wants to eat his little sister’s portion too,” the 40-year-old said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Begging on the streets –<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A region of six million people, Tigray has been in the grip of food shortages for over two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the war, UN investigators accused Ethiopia’s government of deliberately starving civilians by imposing a de facto blockade on the northern region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aid deliveries slowed to a trickle and humanitarian organisations warned of famine-like conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government denied the allegations, accusing Tigray’s rebel authorities of commandeering food aid for their war effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A peace agreement signed in November sparked cautious optimism as fighting ceased and electricity, banking and communications slowly returned to Tigray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But “the number of people coming to the feeding centres has gone up”, said Nigisti Solomon, a volunteer at one food bank funded by US-based non-profit and lobbying group Tigray Action Committee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supplies are so limited that many are turned away, back to the streets where malnourished people begging for food are a common sight, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– ‘People are desperate’ –<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the countrywide halt, USAID and WFP froze food aid to Tigray last month after discovering that shipments were being diverted to local markets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither WFP nor USAID have identified those responsible for taking and selling the aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solomon and Hailu said they had previously seen donated supplies such as blankets being sold, with sellers saying they needed cash to buy food, medicines or soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People are desperate, they want to survive… they want to fill their stomachs,” said Hailu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WFP declined AFP requests for an interview, while spokespersons for USAID and Ethiopia’s government did not respond to messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctors say malnourished patients have succumbed to treatable conditions, their bodies too weak to recover from surgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaym Gebreselassie, a surgeon in Adigrat, said one of his patients died a month ago during a routine operation because of sepsis exacerbated by his starved state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“You cannot operate with confidence under such conditions,” he told AFP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We tell patients to eat better but they say there is no food.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– ‘Death sentence’ –<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With no salaries paid for months on end, Gebreselassie himself relies on aid to feed his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the trickle of supplies meant that his sons, aged six and two, both contracted fungal infections exacerbated by poor nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under such circumstances, the decision to suspend food aid — even partially, as WFP has done — “is a death sentence” for many, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When mothers are malnourished, this has a devastating impact on the community,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are seeing infants who are significantly underweight, who cannot breathe well… there is a risk of many complications, because underweight children do not develop properly.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Hailu, each day brings more stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the war erupted in November 2020, his life was comfortable, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the conflict, his mother’s cousin died of malnutrition, followed by his aunt in January. Both women were in their forties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, he is constantly on the hunt for food, he said, to ensure his children eat at least once a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If this situation continues, I am afraid I will lose my children to hunger — that they will die before my eyes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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