

Even before hostilities resumed in August, 13 million people required food & other support across Tigray, Amhara & Afar,” UN chief, Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Tuesday. “The level of need in Ethiopia is staggering. government officials have all called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and the resumption of humanitarian services.

The African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and several senior U.S. Shire is just 140km (90 miles) north-west of Tigray’s capital Mekelle and had come under heavy government shelling and airstrikes in recent days. The Tigrayan forces confirmed losing control of key and populous town of Shire but didn’t mention the other two towns. FDRE Government Communication Service October 18, 2022 Statement on the Resumption of Humanitarian aid and Services /hrIiMmqhIb “The ENDF has taken control of towns of Shire, Alamata and Korem without fighting in Urban areas,” the statement said.Īccording to the government taking back these towns and other key structures would help accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in the region. The Ethiopian federal government has taken control of three towns in Tigray, north of the country, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
