We must act on Ethiopia food crisis, says UK minister

Andrew Mitchell warns of humanitarian catastrophe' triggered by El Nino-driven drought and conflict

The risk of a humanitarian catastrophe in northern Ethiopia is growing, Andrew Mitchell the UK's Africa minister, said on his return from a two-day trip to the region.

We have an opportunity to stop a looming humanitarian catastrophe in its tracks. But we must act and act now," Mitchell said on Monday.

The country is suffering from the impacts of long-term El-Nino-driven drought and brutal conflict, including the two-year war in the northern region of Tigray that ended in November 2022.