UN Humanitarian Convoys Arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray

The United Nations (UN) humanitarian convoys have begun to arrive in Ethiopia's Tigray region after it was cut off since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive in early November targeting Tigray people's Liberation Front (TPLF), according to Sputnik News agency.

"Our colleagues from the World Food Program (WFP) managed to get a convoy," the spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric said, adding that "18 trucks delivered 570 tons of food."

"The convoy went to the Adi Haroush and Mai Ain camps in Tigray, which mainly host refugees from Eritrea. The aid allows feeding 35,000 refugees for a month, and it will be distributed in the coming days," Dujarric continued.

The spokesman noted that "other convoys are heading to other camps."

It is worth mentioning that, on Wednesday, the European Union (EU) postponed the payment of nearly 90 million euros, in budget aid, to Ethiopia over the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region.

In a statement, the EU said that the delay is intended to seek a response from Ethiopian authorities over the bloc’s calls for aid to be allowed into Tigray, where five weeks of war have led to a humanitarian crisis.

War between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out on Nov. 4. The conflict is thought to have killed thousands and displaced more than 950,000 people, according to United Nations estimates. About 50,000 of them fled to Sudan.