"At no time during their stay in Kombolcha have the Tigrayan forces looted aid intended for those in desperate need," said the TPLF, adding it was committed to protecting humanitarian aid stocks. Instead, the TPLF accused "UN agencies, and particularly the WFP" of having "dragged its feet" in distributing humanitarian aid. The Tigrayan rebels claim to have left these towns as part of strategic withdrawals. The rebels recaptured most of Tigray at the end of June, then advanced into the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara. The UN estimates that 5.2 million people are in need of emergency food aid in Tigray, 534,000 in Afar and 3.7 million in Amhara.

Source: Ethiopian News December 11, 2021 00:47 UTC