UN humanitarian boss brands Tigray crisis ‘a stain on our conscience’

Abeba Gebru, 37, from the village of Getskimilesley, holds the hands of her malnourished daughter, Tigsti Mahderekal, 20 days old (Ben Curtis/PA)

The crisis in Ethiopia is a “stain on our conscience”, the United Nations humanitarian chief said, as children and others starve to death in the Tigray region under what the UN has called a de facto government blockade of food, medical supplies and fuel.

Martin Griffiths issued one of the most sharply worded criticisms yet of the world’s worst hunger crisis in a decade after nearly a year of war.