UN says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022

Displaced Tigrayan women sit in a metal shack to eat food donated by local residents at a reception centre for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region (Ben Curtis/AP)

An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report.

Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise in the coming year due to conflict, drought, flooding, disease outbreaks and locust infestation, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.