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  • Updated: November 11, 2022

Ethiopia’s Tigray Awaits Aid Amid Fighting

Ethiopia’s Tigray Awaits Aid Amid Fighting

International humanitarian agencies say a truce to end fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has yet to deliver the resumption of aid.

This is as the United States urged Addis Ababa to respect the agreement and allow assistance.

Under a ceasefire agreement signed on November 2 between Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the federal government pledged to work with humanitarian agencies to expedite the provision of aid, without committing to a specific timeline.

Ethiopia’s government denies blocking aid, and on Friday its chief negotiator said essential services were being restored and humanitarian aid was flowing into the region of some 5.5 million people, half of them in severe need of food after the two-year conflict.

The two sides are currently negotiating the implementation of that agreement, including the resumption of aid deliveries.

The US State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs urged a swift resolution. Also, Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission, which coordinates Ethiopian aid, said it would provide an update later.

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