Aid blocked as Tigray faces catastrophic hunger

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Food and aid are hampered by ongoing conflict, the displacement of around 1·7 million people in northern Ethiopia, road blocks and military restrictions, and disruption to last year's crop harvesting and this year's planting season, said the IPC. WHO said in its latest bulletin that only 74 of 264 facilities were functional, malaria was expected to rise in the upcoming rainy season, and the lack of routine childhood vaccination meant an increased risk of measles outbreaks. Human rights groups said Abiy Ahmed, prime minister, would use electoral victory to clamp down harder on dissidents and protesters.