Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s hopes of a quick victory have evaporated. Photo: HO/Ethiopian TV/AFP
Ethiopia is on course to suffer a famine last seen in the 1980s, when mass starvation killed about a million people.
The UN’s human rights chief Mark Lowcock has implored warring parties in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region to agree to an immediate ceasefire or face one of the greatest tragedies of this century.