Aid convoy arrives in Ethiopia's Tigray after three-month pause
Hundreds of thousands of people are facing starvation in the region The first batch of international aid in three months has reached Ethiopia’s war-torn region of Tigray , a week after a ceasefire between the government and rebels was agreed. Hundreds of thousands of people are facing starvation in the area, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front have been at war for 17 months. “WFP-led convoys to Tigray are back on the road & making steady progress!” the UN’s World Food Programme said on Twitter. “Just arrived in Erepti [in the neighbouring Afar region] & will soon cross into Tigray, bringing in over 500 mt [tonnes] of urgently needed WFP/partner food & nutrition supplies for communities on edge of starvation.” The TPLF said the 20 aid lorries were now in territory under its control in Afar and on their way to Tigray’s capital Mekele. While some aid was arriving in Tigray’s capital Mekelle by air , it was insuffici...