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Ethiopia: What do we know about aid going into Tigray?

Ethiopia: What do we know about aid going into Tigray?

With conflict continuing in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and nearby areas, the government has made a series of claims about the problems in accessing much-needed food supplies.

We have checked some of these claims against what we know about the aid situation in Tigray.

Ethiopian PM’s office: ‘Aid trucks are prevented from entering Tigray by the [TPLF] group’

At the moment, there’s no firm evidence to support this claim about the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

The TPLF itself has told the BBC that the government was “coming up with all kinds of excuses” to obstruct the movement of aid supplies into Tigray.ADVERTISEMENTnull

We know the conflict has intensified and spread beyond Tigray, and that land routes into Tigray from the Amhara region were closed. 

And there are security issues affecting the one remaining route via the Afar region, which starts from the regional capital Semera, and goes northwards into Tigray at Abala.https://buy.tinypass.com/checkout/template/cacheableShow?aid=tYOkq7qlAI&templateId=OTBYI8Q89QWC&templateVariantId=OTV0YFYSXVQWV&offerId=fakeOfferId&experienceId=EXAWX60BX4NU&iframeId=offer_0e763acc7b457c03340a-0&displayMode=inline&widget=template

Map showing Tigray and other regions with key places
Wreck of MSF vehicle targeted in Tigray
image captionAn attack on aid workers in June in Tigray left three people dead

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