But little is known about the situation for most of Tigrays 6 million people, as journalists are blocked from entering, communications are patchy and many aid workers struggle to obtain permission to enter. One challenge is that Ethiopia may no longer control up to 40pc of the Tigray region, the UN Security Council was told in a closed-door session this week. The new UN humanitarian report released late Thursday includes a map showing most of the Tigray region marked as inaccessible for humanitarian workers. Some aid workers have reported having to negotiate access with a range of armed actors, even Eritrean ones. Reports from aid workers on the ground indicate a rising in acute malnutrition across the region, the new report says.

Source: Ethiopian News February 06, 2021 01:47 UTC