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Ethiopian Government Blocking Aid in Tigray, UN Says

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - The United Nations says that the Ethiopian government is
   preventing aid from reaching non-government-controlled rural areas in
   the Tigray region, where most of the province's 2.3 million people live
   and are in dire need.

   Violent clashes continue in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region three
   months after the government launched a military offensive on the
   regional capital, Mekelle. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of
   Humanitarian Affairs says humanitarian conditions in the region are
   alarming and rapidly deteriorating.

   It says millions of people are in dire need of food, water and other
   essential relief and services. However, it says aid workers are unable
   to reach most of the rural areas in Tigray, where the greatest number
   of people in need are living.

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