Ethiopian Government Blocking Aid in Tigray, UN Says
By Lisa Schlein
February 05, 2021 01:02 PM
GENEVA - The United Nations says that the Ethiopian government is preventing aid from reaching non-government-controlled rural areas in the Tigray region, where most of the province’s 2.3 million people live and are in dire need.
Violent clashes continue in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region three months after the government launched a military offensive on the regional capital, Mekelle. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says humanitarian conditions in the region are alarming and rapidly deteriorating.
It says millions of people are in dire need of food, water and other essential relief and services. However, it says aid workers are unable to reach most of the rural areas in Tigray, where the greatest number of people in need are living.
U.N. officials say insecurity and bureaucratic obstacles are preventing aid workers from accessing those areas. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke says government clearances needed to move the necessary staff into Tigray have not been received.
"An increasing amount of humanitarian cargo has been mobilized, but without staff and access, it will not reach the people who need it the most, especially in rural areas…Access to the countryside is mostly blocked for both U.N. agencies and NGO’s (non-governmental organizations), and no humanitarian assistance is taking place in non-government-controlled areas," said Laerke.
Laerke notes aid is available for people living in towns along the main roads from Mekelle towards Shire, which are controlled by federal government forces.
He says people in rural areas, where two-thirds of Tigray’s population live, are not so fortunate.
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Re: "Ethiopian government is preventing aid from reaching non-government-controlled rural areas" UN
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The Ethiopian government doesn't have to feed one single agame; specially those who are collaborating with the Junta.
Begging is your trademark so, there is nothing new here. The sons and daughters of Bob Geldffos' charity people
The Ethiopian government doesn't have to feed one single agame; specially those who are collaborating with the Junta.
Begging is your trademark so, there is nothing new here. The sons and daughters of Bob Geldffos' charity people
Re: "Ethiopian government is preventing aid from reaching non-government-controlled rural areas" UN
Woyane Tigres can eat their cake and have too. Those who claim to be starved the solution is simple - ask TPLF to leave their villages and and tell the Fed where the criminals are hiding. Tigres are used to using foreign food aid to wage their anti Ethiopia wars. ቴድሮስ ጄኔቫ ሆኖ ይህን ነው ሚሰራው .. የተበላ እቁብ ነው !
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Re: "Ethiopian government is preventing aid from reaching non-government-controlled rural areas" UN
You said it all, but that is not the AGAME character. This people think the world owe them.Horus wrote: ↑05 Feb 2021, 21:33Woyane Tigres can eat their cake and have too. Those who claim to be starved the solution is simple - ask TPLF to leave their villages and and tell the Fed where the criminals are hiding. Tigres are used to using foreign food aid to wage their anti Ethiopia wars. ቴድሮስ ጄኔቫ ሆኖ ይህን ነው ሚሰራው .. የተበላ እቁብ ነው !