UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for Full Access in Tigray to Reach People in Need

UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock in a statement expressed his concern about the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and called for full access to reach conflict-affected people with aid.

Lowcock said that before the current hostilities, millions of people in and around Tigray were in need of humanitarian assistance. The current clashes are only heightening the needs of local people, he pointed out.

Clashes broke out in Tigray earlier this month after Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of having its forces attack and loot a military camp hosting federal troops. He launched a security operation against the autonomous northwestern region, stoking anger among the ethnic Tigrayan minority. Tigrayan rebels fired rockets across the border into the capital of Eritrea, which they accuse of helping Abiy with attacks on them.

The United Nations said earlier that more than 27,000 civilians have already left Tigray for neighboring Sudan, fleeing the violence.

Sourse: sputniknews.com

UN Humanitarian Chief Calls for Full Access in Tigray to Reach People in Need

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