The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said THE recent aid to Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region was not enough, pledging further efforts to scale up deliveries of relief supplies. A total of 169 trucks carrying about 4,300 metric tonnes of aid supplies reached Tigray region last month, which, however, remains a small fraction of what is needed, Xinhua news agency quoted the Office as saying. The UN and its partners would continue to work with authorities to scale up deliveries of relief supplies into Tigray, including seed and fertilizer, ahead of the critical summer planting season, it said. The convoys arrived weeks after the Ethiopian government and the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) conditionally agreed to a cessation of hostilities and unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid into the region. The Ethiopian parliament designated the TPLF as a terrorist organization in May 2021.

Source: Ethiopian News May 06, 2022 09:34 UTC