Since the onset of the crisis, almost 1.7 million people of the region have been provided with emergency food rations through joint efforts, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP). About 26,000 Eritrean refugees residing in two camps have also received food and nutrition assistance. @WFP and the Government of Ethiopia have agreed on concrete steps to expand access for humanitarians across #Tigray, and WFP will scale up its operations. “Latest preliminary estimates indicate that 2.5 to 3 million people in the region require emergency food assistance. “Several such requests have been approved over the past few days and the process of rapid and streamlined approvals will continue.

Source: Ethiopian News February 07, 2021 13:41 UTC