The analysis found that 3 lac 50 thousand people were living in "severe crisis" in the war-torn Tigray region, as well as neighbouring Amhara and Afar.

Tigray has been devastated by fighting between government forces and rebels, with 1.7 million people displaced. According to the analysis, the food situation in the region has reached the level of a "catastrophe", which it defines as starvation and death affecting small groups of people spread over large areas.

The UN's World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization and children's agency Unicef have all called for urgent action to address the crisis.