A convoy of medical aid, the first since late August, arrived Tuesday (November 15) in the capital of Tigray, following a peace agreement reached in early November to end the war in the northern Ethiopian region, the ICRC said. "The first ICRC medical supplies have just arrived in Mekele (...) by road," Jude Fuhnwi, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Ethiopia. After a five-month truce, the resumption of hostilities at the end of August between the rebel authorities in Tigray and the federal army and its allies interrupted most of the delivery of humanitarian aid - already largely insufficient - to Tigray. "Although some health facilities in Tigray are no longer functioning, those still open lack basic medicines and equipment and other essential supplies," the organization said. Military leaders from both sides also initialed a document on Saturday to implement the provisions of the agreement, including the disarmament of rebels and the delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray.

Source: Ethiopian News November 16, 2022 03:17 UTC