Ethiopia suspends operations of aid groups

The World

Ethiopia has suspended the aid operations of Doctors Without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council in its Tigray region. This comes as hundreds of thousands of people in the region live under the threat of starvation. The World’s host Marco Werman spoke with William Davison from Crisis Group about the latest developments in the region.

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