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 in dire need of assistance are living. Violent clashes continue in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region three months after the government launched a military offensive on the regional capital, Mekelle. 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. He says people in rural areas, where two-thirds of Tigray’s population live, are not so fortunate. He adds they are ready to move into Tigray to resume aid distribution as soon as the government gives them the go-ahead.

Source: Ethiopian News February 05, 2021 18:00 UTC