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(MENAFN – Daily News Egypt) Humanitarian workers have previously been deployed to provide emergency care to more than 800,000 people in Ethiopia in need of food, water and medical supplies as access talks continue, humanitarian aid workers said on Tuesday. UN.
“Humanitarian partners within Tigray need immediate access to basic commodities, including food, medical supplies, fuel to run the water pumps and enable a comprehensive response, so we can keep the response on track and scale it up to help affected people “said the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
The UN continues to call on all parties to the conflict in Tigray to allow unconditional, free and safe humanitarian access to the region, OCHA said in a statement. More than 800,000 people in Ethiopia already needed urgent assistance and protection, including nearly 96,000 Eritrean refugees and nearly 600,000 people who relied on food aid to survive before the violence broke out early last month.
“The UN has previously deployed personnel to key locations in Afar and Amhara to support potential assessment and response missions in Tigray, while access negotiations continue,” the humanitarian office said.
Stephane Dujarric, chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the UN Refugee Agency has also asked Addis Ababa for urgent access to Tigray, the country’s northernmost regional state.
“They say concerns are increasing by the hour, and they point out that the camps will now have run out of food, making hunger and malnutrition a real danger,” Dujarric told reporters at a regular briefing. “The agency also said that hundreds of Ethiopian refugees continue to arrive in Sudan, and that nearly 46,000 people have arrived since the beginning of November.”
An alleged attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front on a division of the Ethiopian National Defense Force in Tigray reportedly triggered a federal response on November 4 that in turn led to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, according to published reports. .
Blocked communications and access to roads have hampered casualty counts and humanitarian needs, Dujarric said.
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