The Ethiopian People's Ombudsman has released a report today that confirmed that people's lives have been lost due to #famine caused by drought in Amhara and Tigray.

How many people died of famine caused by drought?

in Tigray region; In the central zone, 334 people died in connection with the drought, and from this zone, the monitoring team of the institute said that it was possible to find out that 91 people died in Abergele district and 17 people died in Isra Waadi Wojrat district in the southeast.

A total of 351 people have been confirmed dead, he said.

In addition:
➡ Displacement of thousands of people,
➡ Death of many animals,
➡ thousands of students not enrolled in school,
➡ It is stated in the report that thousands of students have dropped out of school.

In the Amhara region, the Regional Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program Coordinating Commission stated that no one died due to drought, but if information was taken from them by telephone:
* 17 people in North Gondar Zone, Beida district.
* 2 people in Waghhemra zone, Zzala district
* It has been confirmed that 2 children and 21 people have died due to #hunger caused by the drought in Beyeda district.

It has been confirmed that 23 children in Beyeda district were born dead due to lack of proper nutrition.

According to the Amhara Region Disaster Prevention and Food Security Program Coordinating Commission, there are no citizens who have been displaced by the drought and are in shelter camps.
° Those who left their place of residence,
° Those who are mixed with the community
° It has been confirmed that there are displaced citizens who are in the shelters of Cortiro and Kenda.

For example, there are 12270 people in Waghhemra zone in Abergele district, and more than 9100 people in North Gondar zone.

NB. It will not be forgotten that the Federal Government and the Disaster Risk Management Commission have stated that the claim that human lives have been lost due to famine is a lie and that the structural organization of the country does not allow the drought to turn into famine and destroy human lives.

(The detailed report released by the Ethiopian People's Ombudsman is attached above)