In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, food is a weapon of war as famine looms
An Ethiopian woman argues with others over the allocation of yellow split peas after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula.
(Ben Curtis / Associated Press)
ABI ADI, Ethiopia —
First, the Eritrean soldiers stole the pregnant woman’s food as she hid in the bush. Then they turned her away from a checkpoint when she was on the verge of labor.