Scores of children killed by starvation in Tigray, says health official

Research suggests terrible suffering amid communications and aid blockade affecting Ethiopian region

Almost 200 children under the age of five died of starvation in 14 hospitals across Ethiopia's northern Tigray region between late June and October, according to data collected by local doctors and researchers.

The research, shared with Agence France-Presse by Dr Hagos Godefay, the former head of the health bureau in the pre-conflict Tigrayan government, offers a snapshot of the suffering in Tigray, where a communications blackout by federal authorities has prevented a full examination of the toll of the war.