UN News published on 24 August 2022 a press release titled "Drought, Hunger and Fighting Leave Ethiopia in 'Very Difficult Humanitarian Situation'."
Amid the worst drought in 40 years and the outbreak of new conflict in northern Ethiopia, the United Nations has targeted 17 million people for humanitarian assistance. The UN also condemned Tigrayan forces for entering the World Food Program warehouse in Mekelle, taking 12 fuel tankers with 570,000 liters of fuel.
