Article 5QEE5 Ethiopia is facing an ‘immense humanitarian crisis’, UN chief warns

Ethiopia is facing an ‘immense humanitarian crisis’, UN chief warns

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Samantha Lock and agencies
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The UN estimates conflict has driven 400,000 into famine-like conditions in northern Ethiopia with up to seven million people in need of food assistance

Ethiopia is facing an immense humanitarian crisis" amid civil war and famine, United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres has warned.

The UN chief made the comments during an emergency meeting of the security council on Wednesday, calling for Addis Ababa to grant unhindered" aid access, a week after the country expelled seven UN officials.

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