Pope demands food aid for starving people of Tigray

Pope Francis delivers his message during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Pope Francis has demanded that humanitarian aid reach hungry people in the war-torn Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, where Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers are blocking food deliveries and other assistance.

Francis called for an immediate end to the fighting in Tigray, the return of social harmony and for “all food aid and health care assistance to be guaranteed”.