news, worldEthiopia says it has allowed humanitarian flights to its northern Tigray region this week, amid concerns that aid is not reaching people facing famine, but the civil aviation head says no such flights have yet left the capital. But Wesenyeleh Hunegnaw, director-general of the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority, said no such flights had taken off from Addis Ababa this week. An aid worker in Mekelle also said there had been so such flights. Also on Friday, the government denied blocking humanitarian aid to Tigray and said it was rebuilding infrastructure amid accusations it is using hunger as a weapon. It was not immediately possible to reach the TPLF or any of the Tigray region's leaders for comment.

Source: Ethiopian News July 07, 2021 12:22 UTC