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Close to 400 people have died in Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions due to drought-induced starvation, the country’s state-appointed Federal Ombudsman Institute said on Tuesday.
The remarks contradict earlier statements from federal authorities that there had not been confirmation that “anyone has died of starvation in any region” in the country.
The institute said an assessment by its team of experts revealed that millions were impacted in the two regions and tens of thousands had already been displaced.
Thousands of children in the affected areas were not attending school, the institute added. The institute’s head told that the deaths occurred in the past six months.
The Ombudsman Institute has now advised government agencies to avoid wasting energy on terminology and work towards providing aid.
