The World Food Program published on 6 February 2021 a statement titled "Joint UN-Government Tigray Mission Highlights Humanitarian Needs and Path Forward."
The executive director of the World Food Program (WFP) and Ethiopia's federal minister of peace recently visited Tigray Region to assess emergency food needs. The WFP estimates that 2.5 to 3 million people in Tigray require emergency food assistance. WFP and the government of Ethiopia have agreed to jointly address the problem.