Starvation worsens as Ethiopia blockades target Tigray region | See Pics

The blockade and the starvation that comes with it mark a new phase in the 10-month war between Tigray forces and the Ethiopian government, along with its allies.

In parts of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, forced starvation is the latest chapter in a conflict where ethnic Tigrayans have been massacred, gang raped and expelled. Months after crops were burned and communities stripped bare, a new kind of death has set in.

At a health center last week, a mother and her newborn weighing just 1.7 pounds died from hunger. In every district of the more than 20 where one aid group works, residents have starved to death.