Drought driving new crisis of child hunger in Ethiopia, Catholic experts say

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Still reeling from the aftermath of a brutal war, the northern Ethiopian town of Tigray, according to Catholic aid officials, is also facing an unfolding humanitarian crisis, driven in large part by drought and crop failure.

Media reports indicate that reservoirs and the farmlands they help irrigate have dried up because the rains failed last year, a crisis confirmed by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the CEO of the Catholic charity Mary’s Meals.

“The lack...