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Report: Hunger kills hundreds of kids in Ethiopia’s Tigray

FILE - An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of yellow split peas to be allocated to waiting families after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on May 8, 2021. At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Tigray in the past year, according to a study conducted by regional health officials and seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

FILE - A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Ethiopia on Feb. 21, 2022. At least 1,900 children under 5 have died from malnutrition in Tigray in the past year, according to a study conducted by regional health officials and seen by The Associated Press on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Report: Hunger kills hundreds of kids in Ethiopia’s Tigray