UN halts aid distribution in Ethiopia's Kombolcha and Dessie towns after reporting raids and looting of its warehouses by Tigrayan rebels and some locals
In war-torn Tigray, Ethiopia's province, more than 350,000 people already face famine, according to the UN and other humanitarian groups.
"Large quantities of humanitarian food supplies, including nutritional items for malnourished children, have been stolen and looted," he said, warning that the looting risked increasing food insecurity in northern Ethiopia. "The World Food Program teams on the ground were not able to prevent the looting in the face of extreme intimidation, including staff being held at gunpoint," he said, stressing that "such harassment of humanitarian staff by armed forces is unacceptable."
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