The UN and aid groups on Thursday scrambled to bring supplies into Ethiopia’s war- and famine-wracked northern Tigray region, which has become largely inaccessible after the latest bout of fighting. “This means aid efforts will be even more severely hampered amid the continuing conflict,” the group said. We are devastated to hear the Tekeze Bridge—one of the main supply routes into Tigray, Ethiopia—has been destroyed. The UN said last month that at least 350,000 people in Tigray faced famine and 5.2 million others were in need of aid. Mr Abiy, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has come under mounting international pressure to bring an end to the fighting.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2021 18:15 UTC