United Nations (New York), Dec 14 Military groups are holding some drivers of 18 commandeered aid trucks in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, a UN spokesman has said. On Friday, "a group of armed individuals believed to be either from the Ethiopian National Defence Forces or an affiliated allied military force entered the Disaster Risk Management Committee compound in Kombolcha and took 18 WFP trucks by force," he said. The WFP reported to the UN headquarters in New York earlier Monday that the hijackers returned 15 of the trucks, but the whereabouts of some of the drivers remain unknown, Xinhua news agency reported. The WFP had informed the Ethiopian federal government of the thefts, and local authorities in Dessie are aiding in recovering the remaining trucks, Haq added. Haq told Xinhua that while WFP reported drivers missing, he did not know how many.

Source: Ethiopian News December 14, 2021 01:00 UTC