Amhara forces refused 34 WFP aid trucks pass across their checkpoint for 4 days; then took the aid destined to C Tigray!
Posted: 03 Jul 2021, 18:14
U.N. warns of more violence in Tigray, Ethiopia denies blocking aid
Just before Mekelle was taken, Fundingnewsasia saw a convoy of 34 trucks – each laden with 43 tons offood aid – stopped in the Tigray town of Mai Tsebri. Blue flags from the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) hung from the cabins, sodden with rain.
The trucks had waited four days at a checkpoint controlled by government-allied Amhara regional forces. Finally, they unloaded the food, without having reached the area where it was needed.
Aid has been completely blocked since the TPLF took the capital, a senior diplomat in Addis Ababa told Fundingnewsasia.`
UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (Fundingnewsasia) – The United Nations said on Friday conflict could rapidly flare again in Ethiopia’s Tigray and that famine was worsening in the region, where local fighters declared victory this week after an eight-month war with central government and allied forces.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, provincial authorities which Ethiopian forces and troops from neighbouring Eritrea drove out last year, returned to regional capital Mekelle on Monday to cheering crowds.
“There is potential for more confrontations and a swift deterioration in the security situation, which is extremely concerning,” U.N. political and peacebuilding affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. Security Council.
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Just before Mekelle was taken, Fundingnewsasia saw a convoy of 34 trucks – each laden with 43 tons offood aid – stopped in the Tigray town of Mai Tsebri. Blue flags from the U.N.’s World Food Programme (WFP) hung from the cabins, sodden with rain.
The trucks had waited four days at a checkpoint controlled by government-allied Amhara regional forces. Finally, they unloaded the food, without having reached the area where it was needed.
Aid has been completely blocked since the TPLF took the capital, a senior diplomat in Addis Ababa told Fundingnewsasia.`
UNITED NATIONS/ADDIS ABABA, July 2 (Fundingnewsasia) – The United Nations said on Friday conflict could rapidly flare again in Ethiopia’s Tigray and that famine was worsening in the region, where local fighters declared victory this week after an eight-month war with central government and allied forces.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, provincial authorities which Ethiopian forces and troops from neighbouring Eritrea drove out last year, returned to regional capital Mekelle on Monday to cheering crowds.
“There is potential for more confrontations and a swift deterioration in the security situation, which is extremely concerning,” U.N. political and peacebuilding affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the U.N. Security Council.
Continue reading https://fundingnewsasia.com/u-n-warns-o ... cking-aid/