The United Nations have revealed that a blockade on aid routes to Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray is bringing millions to the brink of famine.
A senior UN official on Thursday said that food supplies ran out two weeks ago.
He went further to state 170 aid trucks were stranded outside Tigray and that none of the vehicles had been allowed to enter the region for the past 12 days.
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Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Ethiopian government has continued to deny it is blocking aid while also saying the vehicles are on their way to the region.
The US government’s humanitarian agency says Tigrayan fighters have looted its warehouses in neighbouring Amhara region.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
