Overview

• Bob Geldof and experts such as Alex de Waal warn that a silent catastrophe is unfolding in Tigray and urge renewed global action
• Addis Ababa’s central government has blocked hunger data collection, obscuring the scale of starvation as millions depend on food aid
• Between 2020 and 2022, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s war with Eritrean support inflicted up to 600,000 deaths, destroyed agriculture, water and health systems, and included mass starvation tactics and widespread sexual violence
• A multi-year drought and the effective dissolution of USAID have deepened the crisis by crippling agricultural production and aid delivery
• Ethiopian voices such as musician Dawit Yifru reject reductive “hungerland” narratives from the Live Aid era and call for greater local representation and accountability in relief efforts