Hunger haunts Ethiopia's Tigray region after years of war

A herdsman guides his camels along the road on the outskirts of Abi Adi, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

MEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Curled up on a hospital bed in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, an emaciated little girl struggles to breathe, as her father softly strokes her gaunt face and her mother sits crying.

Tsige Shishay, whose pink sweater reads "beautiful" on the front, is 10 years old but weighs just 10 kg (22 lb). Her doctor says she is dying, a new victim of an acute food shortage in a region blighted by two years of war and struggling with drought.