Starvation in Ethiopia's Tigray region

The BBC has been told that at least 1,400 people have starved to death in Ethiopia's northern Tigray since food aid was suspended because it was being stolen. Our correspondent in the region explains.

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(Photo: Tsige Shishay, 10, a severely malnourished girl weighing 10 kg due to food aid suspension from the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), lies on her bed at the Ayder Referral Hospital, in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 22, 2023. Credit: Tiksa Negeri TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/Reuters)