GENEVA - Humanitarian agencies warn that escalating violence and military operations are preventing them from reaching tens of thousands of forcibly displaced people in the Central African Republic, who need lifesaving aid. Conditions have continued to deteriorate for more than 100,000 people who fled election-related violence in C.A.R. The U.N. says humanitarian workers trying to reach the displaced with aid are being targeted, their offices looted, and vehicles stolen by armed groups. U.N. refugee agency spokesman Boris Cheshirkov says key supply routes are blocked, hampering efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to people in urgent need of food, health care, water and sanitation, and other essential relief. 's population, have become displaced across the region since civil war in the country broke out more than seven years ago.

Source: Ethiopian News February 12, 2021 20:26 UTC