Ethiopia: Essential aid reaches Tigray region, but more still needed

New York: A convoy carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid arrived in the capital of the restive Tigray region in northern Ethiopia this past weekend, the UN reported on Thursday.

Tigray: Aid operations ‘about to grind to a halt’, warns WFP

New York: Aid and food distribution operations in northern Ethiopia are about “to grind to a halt” amid ongoing fighting, bloodshed and a lack of funding that is making humanitarian access impossible, the UN World Food Programme, WFP, said on Friday.

Rights experts call for end to violence against women in Tigray conflict

New York: Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for urgent action to end violence against women and girls caught in the Tigray conflict in northern Ethiopia.