Addis Ababa (AFP) – Renewed clashes in northern Ethiopia have forced desperately needed aid deliveries to a halt in war-torn Tigray, the United Nations said, as fighting escalated Thursday between Tigrayan rebels and pro-government forces.
The resumption of combat last month shattered a March truce and sparked international concern, with frantic diplomatic efforts now under way to find a peaceful resolution to the nearly two-year war.
The truce had allowed aid convoys to travel to Tigray's capital Mekele for the first time since mid-December.
But in its first situation report since clashes broke out on August 24, the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA said the violence was "already impacting the lives and livelihood of vulnerable people, including the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance".
"The last humanitarian convoy to enter Tigray before the interruption was the humanitarian convoy on 23 August consisting of 158 trucks with humanitarian and operational supplies," the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said late Wednesday.
It said twice-weekly UN humanitarian flights between Addis Ababa and Mekele have also come to a halt since August 26.
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Re: Aid halted to Ethiopia's Tigray, UN says (France 24)
This is a clear exhibit that Abiy's government uses starvation as a weapon of war which is an international war crime.
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Re: Aid halted to Ethiopia's Tigray, UN says (France 24)
Really??
Please stop your attention diverting propaganda because it is the tplf, robbing edible and non edible oils, food aids and petrol supplies from the storage of the aid organizations in order to ration and distribute to its own fighters. This has already been admitted by the tplf itself due to the aid organization's complaints through its own press release outlets. It is amazing that you have made White Lies as your routine occupation. But yet please be kind and stop blaming the victims as usual.