Ethiopians starved and raped by Tigrayan forces in Amhara
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The pictures on her phone are all that Ethiopian mother Habtam Akele has left of her three-year-old daughter Saba. The girl died of malnutrition last month before the family was able to flee south, deeper intoEthiopia’s Amhara region. “They [doctors] told me she has been severely affected by malnutrition and they cannot help. Then they gave me some syrup and tablets. She passed away exactly a week later,” Habtam told Reuters earlier this month, clutching her surviving nine-month-old baby. Habtam is among an influx of thousands of Amhara families fleeing to the town of Dessie from fighting furt…