Ethiopia: Fact-checking misleading images about hunger in Amhara

 


The spread of conflict from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region into neighbouring Amhara has displaced many thousands of people, leaving many desperately short of food.

Social media images have been widely shared showing malnourished women and children.

But we've found that some were taken elsewhere and at earlier times - from Somalia, Tigray and even from the famine in Ethiopia in 1984.

How serious are food shortages in Amhara?

The Ethiopian government puts the number of those displaced by recent fighting in the Amhara region at more than 500,000, and those in need of food at more than one million.

Some food aid has been reaching the region but the government says access to one of the worst-affected areas in Amhara's North Wollo district has been "hindered" by opposition forces.

"The TPLF's [Tigray People's Liberation Front] hindrance for humanitarian actors to reach civilians in need is worsening the situation," says Billie Seyoum, spokeswoman for Ethiopia's prime minister.

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