A young Ethiopian refugee sleeps on a mattress at a transit site in Hamdayet, Sudan.
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MEDIHANE EKUBAMICHAEL @MEDIHANE 

Addis Ababa, January 25, 2021 – Abraha Desta, Head of the Tigray Regional State Interim Administration Bureau of Social Affairs, has admitted that his office has received report on the death of 13 people, three of whom children, due to starvation in the regional state. Although no summary report has yet been received, Abraha said his office knew of 10 people in Gulomahda Woreda and three children in Adwa town who have died of lack of food.