Catholic leaders warn suspension of food aid in Ethiopia is ‘death sentence’
A woman collects grain at a camp for internally displaced people in Adadle in Ethiopia's Somali region Jan. 22, 2022. A United Nations report estimates that 22 million Ethiopians require humanitarian assistance. (CNS photo/Claire Nevill, World Food Program handout via Reuters)
Ngala Killian Chimtom As more people slip into extreme hunger in Ethiopia following a suspension of food aid by international agencies, Catholic leaders are calling for that aid to be resumed, especially in the hard-hit Tigray region of the country. Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin of the Ethiopian Catholic Eparchy of Adigrat said any delay in the…