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War has disrupted humanitarian deliveries to region where millions of people are facing famine

Jason Burke Africa correspondent Wed 2 Jun 2021 09.14 EDT

Pressure is mounting on Ethiopia to declare a ceasefire in the northern province of Tigray to allow humanitarian organisations to reach millions of people who face famine.

The war in Tigray has disrupted harvests and led to huge problems for the delivery of aid to communities, particularly in rural areas. More than 2 million people are thought to have been displaced by the conflict...

The UK has called for “a cessation of hostilities by all conflict parties and unfettered humanitarian access so that aid can flow and famine can be averted”.

The US embassy in Addis Ababa tweeted on Wednesday: “We agree with the UK that the humanitarian situation in #Tigray is rapidly deteriorating. A break in the fighting NOW, coupled with unfettered humanitarian access, will immediately help avert the risk of famine.”

Many European countries backed the call. The Finnish foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, said he had discussed the “alarming humanitarian situation in Tigray” with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and called for humanitarian workers to be protected and humanitarian access guaranteed.

The UN said earlier this week that more than 90% of people in Tigray needed emergency food aid, as appealed for $203m (£140m) to scale up its response.

The World Food Programme said it was alarmed at how the conflict had increased already high levels of hunger in Tigray. “A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to the conflict,” the WFP spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said in Geneva.

The conflict began in November when government forces moved to oust the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from power in the province after it launched surprise attacks on key federal military bases.

Though the Ethiopian army, pro-government militia and troops sent by neighbouring Eritrea were initially victorious, the conflict has become a grinding insurgency marked by atrocities including many massacres of civilians and systematic sexual violence.

Internal NGO assessments seen by the Guardian describe the widespread destruction of agricultural equipment, seed stocks and infrastructure as well as various deliberate attempts by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops to delay convoys. There are also reports of the theft of food and other essential materials. Fighting means many areas where the need is greatest are cut off.

The US has already imposed some sanctions and signalled further restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia.

Joe Biden called on the parties to the conflict in Tigray to declare and adhere to a ceasefire last week.

“Earlier this week, the UN office of humanitarian affairs warned that Ethiopia could experience its first famine since the 1980s because of this protracted conflict. All parties, in particular the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access to the region in order to prevent widespread famine,” the US president said in a statement.

Ethiopian officials have rejected the calls so far, and on Sunday people packed a stadium in Addis Ababa for a pro-government rally, chanting against US sanctions and waving posters accusing foreign powers of undermining the country’s sovereignty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -allow-aid

[@Red]

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

[Fed_Up]

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

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War has disrupted humanitarian deliveries to region where millions of people are facing famine

Jason Burke Africa correspondent Wed 2 Jun 2021 09.14 EDT

Pressure is mounting on Ethiopia to declare a ceasefire in the northern province of Tigray to allow humanitarian organisations to reach millions of people who face famine.

The war in Tigray has disrupted harvests and led to huge problems for the delivery of aid to communities, particularly in rural areas. More than 2 million people are thought to have been displaced by the conflict...

The UK has called for “a cessation of hostilities by all conflict parties and unfettered humanitarian access so that aid can flow and famine can be averted”.

The US embassy in Addis Ababa tweeted on Wednesday: “We agree with the UK that the humanitarian situation in #Tigray is rapidly deteriorating. A break in the fighting NOW, coupled with unfettered humanitarian access, will immediately help avert the risk of famine.”

Many European countries backed the call. The Finnish foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, said he had discussed the “alarming humanitarian situation in Tigray” with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and called for humanitarian workers to be protected and humanitarian access guaranteed.

The UN said earlier this week that more than 90% of people in Tigray needed emergency food aid, as appealed for $203m (£140m) to scale up its response.

The World Food Programme said it was alarmed at how the conflict had increased already high levels of hunger in Tigray. “A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to the conflict,” the WFP spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said in Geneva.

The conflict began in November when government forces moved to oust the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from power in the province after it launched surprise attacks on key federal military bases.

Though the Ethiopian army, pro-government militia and troops sent by neighbouring Eritrea were initially victorious, the conflict has become a grinding insurgency marked by atrocities including many massacres of civilians and systematic sexual violence.

Internal NGO assessments seen by the Guardian describe the widespread destruction of agricultural equipment, seed stocks and infrastructure as well as various deliberate attempts by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops to delay convoys. There are also reports of the theft of food and other essential materials. Fighting means many areas where the need is greatest are cut off.

The US has already imposed some sanctions and signalled further restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia.

Joe Biden called on the parties to the conflict in Tigray to declare and adhere to a ceasefire last week.

“Earlier this week, the UN office of humanitarian affairs warned that Ethiopia could experience its first famine since the 1980s because of this protracted conflict. All parties, in particular the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access to the region in order to prevent widespread famine,” the US president said in a statement.

Ethiopian officials have rejected the calls so far, and on Sunday people packed a stadium in Addis Ababa for a pro-government rally, chanting against US sanctions and waving posters accusing foreign powers of undermining the country’s sovereignty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -allow-aid

[Digital Weyane]

ላለፉት ሰላሳ ኣመታት በኡናታችን ትግራይ በተግባር ያስመሰከርነው የዓርሰ ምርኮሳ ዎይም የራስን ሞቻል ዎይም self reliance መርሆ ኡያለን ከነጮች የምግብ ኡርዳታ ሞጠየቅ የውርደት ውርደት ነው። ዋይ ዋይ ዋይ ዋይ ዋይ

[Aba]

If you only care about yourself, your tyrants, and your stomach, you could care less about your fellow man, women, and children. It all comes down to whether or not you are human at all.
How can all this nations, organizations, and institutions be only about saving weyane? Why should they? Your argument makes no sense.

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

[Eripoblikan]

ብትግርኛ 'ትግራይ ትዕወት'
'Help us we are dying' in English

ኣየ ዲጂታል ወይ-ኣነ

If you only care about yourself, your tyrants, and your stomach, you could care less about your fellow man, women, and children. It all comes down to whether or not you are human at all.
How can all this nations, organizations, and institutions be only about saving weyane? Why should they? Your argument makes no sense.

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

[Aba]

Eribullshitan,

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ብትግርኛ 'ትግራይ ትዕወት'
'Help us we are dying' in English

ኣየ ዲጂታል ወይ-ኣነ

If you only care about yourself, your tyrants, and your stomach, you could care less about your fellow man, women, and children. It all comes down to whether or not you are human at all.
How can all this nations, organizations, and institutions be only about saving weyane? Why should they? Your argument makes no sense.

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

[ZEMEN]

The people calling ceasefire probably want to supply terrorists with weapons —shame on Abiy regime for not finishing off tplf by now—- wipe ‘em out

sometimes i wonder. it read

The UN said earlier this week that more than 90% of people in Tigray needed emergency food aid

who and what kinds of propel go 90% of the population hungry in just 5 to 6 month?
It is obvious they are trying to fish the thugs out of the country. What [deleted] off is when they demand " unfettered access" I can assure you the Americans and the rest of the west will never demand "unfettered access" in Eritrea. why because there is nothing they can do to Eritrea. Eritrea bravely told them their wheat to shove it to their AAzz. However; this the great turning point for Ethiopia. Hold your ground, mobilize the people, we have got the fertile land, we have got plenty of water and we have 65% of young population. Let's to work and screw the west and US. turning point!!!

[lil kogne]

War has disrupted humanitarian deliveries to region where millions of people are facing famine

Jason Burke Africa correspondent Wed 2 Jun 2021 09.14 EDT

Pressure is mounting on Ethiopia to declare a ceasefire in the northern province of Tigray to allow humanitarian organisations to reach millions of people who face famine.

The war in Tigray has disrupted harvests and led to huge problems for the delivery of aid to communities, particularly in rural areas. More than 2 million people are thought to have been displaced by the conflict...

The UK has called for “a cessation of hostilities by all conflict parties and unfettered humanitarian access so that aid can flow and famine can be averted”.

The US embassy in Addis Ababa tweeted on Wednesday: “We agree with the UK that the humanitarian situation in #Tigray is rapidly deteriorating. A break in the fighting NOW, coupled with unfettered humanitarian access, will immediately help avert the risk of famine.”

Many European countries backed the call. The Finnish foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, said he had discussed the “alarming humanitarian situation in Tigray” with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and called for humanitarian workers to be protected and humanitarian access guaranteed.

The UN said earlier this week that more than 90% of people in Tigray needed emergency food aid, as appealed for $203m (£140m) to scale up its response.

The World Food Programme said it was alarmed at how the conflict had increased already high levels of hunger in Tigray. “A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to the conflict,” the WFP spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said in Geneva.

The conflict began in November when government forces moved to oust the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from power in the province after it launched surprise attacks on key federal military bases.

Though the Ethiopian army, pro-government militia and troops sent by neighbouring Eritrea were initially victorious, the conflict has become a grinding insurgency marked by atrocities including many massacres of civilians and systematic sexual violence.

Internal NGO assessments seen by the Guardian describe the widespread destruction of agricultural equipment, seed stocks and infrastructure as well as various deliberate attempts by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops to delay convoys. There are also reports of the theft of food and other essential materials. Fighting means many areas where the need is greatest are cut off.

The US has already imposed some sanctions and signalled further restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia.

Joe Biden called on the parties to the conflict in Tigray to declare and adhere to a ceasefire last week.

“Earlier this week, the UN office of humanitarian affairs warned that Ethiopia could experience its first famine since the 1980s because of this protracted conflict. All parties, in particular the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access to the region in order to prevent widespread famine,” the US president said in a statement.

Ethiopian officials have rejected the calls so far, and on Sunday people packed a stadium in Addis Ababa for a pro-government rally, chanting against US sanctions and waving posters accusing foreign powers of undermining the country’s sovereignty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -allow-aid

Abaq ዐቢቅ፡ says the war in chigray disrupted harvest! First of all there ain't much to harvest in chigray cursed land. Secondly, who started the war during harvest time per SE ? It is mind boggling that the Agames cried hunger and femine the first week the war started.
1, Either the junta has been hiding the hunger and famine of the chigray cursed land with their false 11% growth and bagging all that donated cash.
2, The claimed hunger is exaggerated un- proportionally to use it for a cease fire inorder to resupply and regroup.
3, The overblown exaggerated claim of hunger and famine is used by external entities such as Uncle Sam and EU for they know their water carrier demise is imminent and to give the Junta a breathing room.
I believe the Junta is done for good and in my opinion the Agames are and have been on a safety net for decades and no any of aid will do.the cursed land could not produce enough food to sustain it self. So Abiq Agames need to pick their fight carefully for the consequences are fire as we are witnessing. ማዕጺድ ትውሕጥያሞ ምሕርአ ትኸፍኣኪ፡ አውያትኪ ዝሰምዖ የብሉን፡ ሰረቕቲ መታለልቲ ዐሌት። Resahat aliet .as long as the chigray people believe they are one with the Junta, their plea for food aid and other would be difficult and we'll make sure it stays as such. If the people of Chigray want to live in peace and under the country they claim they're part of, the need to part ways with the lying , cheating, robbing and backstabbing demon the Junta Agame TPLF.

[Aba]

War has disrupted humanitarian deliveries to region where millions of people are facing famine

Jason Burke Africa correspondent Wed 2 Jun 2021 09.14 EDT

Pressure is mounting on Ethiopia to declare a ceasefire in the northern province of Tigray to allow humanitarian organisations to reach millions of people who face famine.

The war in Tigray has disrupted harvests and led to huge problems for the delivery of aid to communities, particularly in rural areas. More than 2 million people are thought to have been displaced by the conflict...

The UK has called for “a cessation of hostilities by all conflict parties and unfettered humanitarian access so that aid can flow and famine can be averted”.

The US embassy in Addis Ababa tweeted on Wednesday: “We agree with the UK that the humanitarian situation in #Tigray is rapidly deteriorating. A break in the fighting NOW, coupled with unfettered humanitarian access, will immediately help avert the risk of famine.”

Many European countries backed the call. The Finnish foreign minister, Pekka Haavisto, said he had discussed the “alarming humanitarian situation in Tigray” with the UN secretary general, António Guterres, and called for humanitarian workers to be protected and humanitarian access guaranteed.

The UN said earlier this week that more than 90% of people in Tigray needed emergency food aid, as appealed for $203m (£140m) to scale up its response.

The World Food Programme said it was alarmed at how the conflict had increased already high levels of hunger in Tigray. “A total of 5.2 million people, equivalent to 91% of Tigray’s population, need emergency food assistance due to the conflict,” the WFP spokesperson, Tomson Phiri, said in Geneva.

The conflict began in November when government forces moved to oust the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from power in the province after it launched surprise attacks on key federal military bases.

Though the Ethiopian army, pro-government militia and troops sent by neighbouring Eritrea were initially victorious, the conflict has become a grinding insurgency marked by atrocities including many massacres of civilians and systematic sexual violence.

Internal NGO assessments seen by the Guardian describe the widespread destruction of agricultural equipment, seed stocks and infrastructure as well as various deliberate attempts by Ethiopian and Eritrean troops to delay convoys. There are also reports of the theft of food and other essential materials. Fighting means many areas where the need is greatest are cut off.

The US has already imposed some sanctions and signalled further restrictions on economic and security assistance to Ethiopia.

Joe Biden called on the parties to the conflict in Tigray to declare and adhere to a ceasefire last week.

“Earlier this week, the UN office of humanitarian affairs warned that Ethiopia could experience its first famine since the 1980s because of this protracted conflict. All parties, in particular the Ethiopian and Eritrean forces, must allow immediate, unimpeded humanitarian access to the region in order to prevent widespread famine,” the US president said in a statement.

Ethiopian officials have rejected the calls so far, and on Sunday people packed a stadium in Addis Ababa for a pro-government rally, chanting against US sanctions and waving posters accusing foreign powers of undermining the country’s sovereignty.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/ ... -allow-aid

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Lil KoleT ቆለጥ,
The humanitarian organizations have determined the condition as it is now. Regardless who thought the war will be over in 72 hours, the 6 months of genocidal ethnic cleansing aka war crimes have made life horrible for the civilian, unarmed population. The looting of jerrycans and donkeys by Issu militia hit the poor farmers hard., not to mention the rape and execution of women and children.
Do you expect the people to prosper while Mussolini style invasion and Hitler style atrocities are being inflicted on the poor people?