"The UNHAS passenger flight Addis Ababa-Mekelle-Addis Ababa continues to operate two flights per week as planned, with some delays during the reporting period. The flight that was supposed to fly on 24 August initially departed on 25 August, and the flight on 26 August departed on 28 August due to delayed clearance by the Government. All passengers, including senior UN officials, are going through intrusive and intensive searches at Addis Ababa airport on departure and arrival.
On 24 August, Afar Special Police blocked a UN mission traveling from Semera to Abala to assess the road conditions and pick up staff exiting Tigray. The team was commanded to return to Semera and armed police forcefully entered the UN marked vehicles with arms to escort the team to Semera. The police officers ordered the drivers to drive significantly over speed limits while verbally abusing, harassing, and threatening them and temporarily confisacating cell phones. Consequently, Mekelle-Semera movements were cancelled by the UN until further notice, adding another constraint to staff rotation."
Ethiopia - Tigray Region Humanitarian Update Situation Report, 2 Sep 2021
https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/e ... 2-sep-2021
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Re: The reason why Mekelle-Semera movements of humanitarian aid were cancelled by UN
ዓወት ድራሮም ጀጋኑ ደቂ ዓፋር ለቶም ፈረንጂ ዘራእቲ ሕንፍሽፍሽ አስገራሚ ርህራሄ ብዘለዎ ሓላፊነት <<ደም ኻይነጥበኩም ኻውዚ ቦታ ተአለዩ!>> ስለዝበሉዎም ክምስገኑ እምበይ ኻም ገበን ክቑፀረሎም የብሉይ። 