ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday demanded the return of over half a million liters of fuel seized by armed men in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. Beasley said without fuel aid supplies, it will be impossible for WFP to distribute food, fertilizer, medicines and other emergency supplies across Tigray. On Wednesday, Beasley tweeted that the rebel Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) authorities had stolen WFP's fuel stocks and demanded their immediate return. The reported seizure of WFP's fuel aid supplies came a few hours after reports emerged of the resumption of hostilities between the Ethiopian federal government-allied forces and TPLF allied troops after a five-month lull in fighting. Humanitarian aid flow only resumed recently to the Tigray region after the federal government and rebel forces agreed to a conditional cessation of hostilities.

Source: Ethiopian News August 26, 2022 03:51 UTC