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Rebels in Ethiopia’s Tigray region say at least 150 people have died of hunger as the humanitarian crisis worsens in the region.
The rebel group has accused the Ethiopian government of being the cause.
The government has not reacted to the claim but had previously rejected accusations by the UN that it’s blocking aid.
Tigray People Liberation Front’s agriculture chief Atinkut Mezgebo said people and livestock were dying from lack of food and medicines “and the crisis might be bigger than what we know”.
“People were dying in front of our eyes due to starvation. Women and children were most affected by the food shortage”, Atinkut Mezgebo told the BBC.
The statement released by Tigrayan forces in Monday said that some of the deaths occurred in camps hosting people displaced by the ongoing conflict.
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According to the UN, at least 100 trucks of food and non-food items must enter the region every day to meet the humanitarian needs. But less than 500 trucks have arrived since mid-July.
