The first international aid convoy in Three months to enter the Tigray Ethiopia region, where hundreds of in thousands of people face Famine, the United Nations said Friday.
The arrival of helps in can tigray help to support up shake stop-fire Between Prime Minister Abi Ahmed government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
My Father government last The week announced an indefinite humanitarian truce in The 17-month struggle, with TPLF AGREE TO ‘STOP of Hostilities “If there is aid arrives in Tigray.
Convoys led by the World Food Program to Tigray back on The way and make steady progress said the United Nations World Food Program on Twitter.
“Just arrived in patty (in Neighboring Afar region) & will soon Cross to Tigray, bring in over 500 metric tons of Urgently needed food supplies and nutrition for WFP/partners for Communities on edge of famine.”
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said that there are now 20 aid trucks in Territories under their control in Afar and on they way Mikkeli, the capital of Tigray.
“This is it one good step in right direction; The bottom line, though, isn’t about how Many trucks are allowed but whether there is a file system in place to ensure Unconstrained humanity access for Needy! ” on Twitter.
He told AFP (AFP) in Nairobi said the aid convoy was likely to take “a few… hours“To get to Mikkeli where the trucks may have to refuel.
severe deficiency of food’
The development Come just After days of accusing each other, the two sides accused each other of obstruction of a convoy of aid for Tigray, which has not seen any humanitarian supplies arrive By land since December 15th.
The government King announced on Thursday that 21 vehicles Relief supplies began to be transported moving Through Afar towards Tigray.
“The government of Ethiopia reaffirms its commitment work Carefully with the concerned ensure The full Connecting of humanitarian assistance to these in need,” He Said.
A humanitarian source said that the convoy was stopped on Thursday evening by regional forces in Afar but managed to resume her journey on Friday.
nearly 40% of Tigray’s population of 6 million face “Severe deficiency of The United Nations said in January, with Fuel shortages force aid workers to deliver medicines and other vital supplies, sometimes on foot.
Since mid-February, humanitarian operations in North region Virtually discontinued due to local shortage of fuel, food and cashaccording to the United Nations
Tigray has also It was under the jurisdiction of the United Nations says It is a de facto blockade.
The United States accused dad government of Preventing aid from reaching these people in needwhile the authorities in In turn he blamed the rebels for blockage;
Both sides have issued demands in Connection with Armistice.
The government call on The rebels must “stop all business” of More aggression and withdrawal from the areas they occupied in”Nearby areas of Afar and Amhara.
the rebels in In turn, he urged the Ethiopian authorities to “go beyond empty promises and take concrete decisions.” steps To facilitate unrestricted humanitarian action accessFor Tigray.
The government Previously announced a “unilateral cessation-fire” in Tigray in June last yearafter TPLF launched a sudden comeback and regained region of the federal forces before expanding into Amhara and Afar.
The fight intensified in The second half of 2021 before it hits a dead end. the rebels in one A point claimed to be 200 kilometers (125 miles) away. of The capital is Addis Ababa.
According to the United Nations, the war has displaced more from 2 million peopledriven by hundreds of Thousands on the edge of the abyss of famine and left more from 9 million in need of Nutritional assistance.
Conflict broke out in November 2020 when my father sent troops to Tigray to overthrow the Tigray Liberation Front region’s former Rule partysaying move came in Responding to Rebel Attacks on Army camps.
in thousands of people They died as the fighting continued on while accounts appeared of massacres and gang rape, with Both sides charged of Human rights violations.
