NAIROBI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Fifteen trucks carrying food aid entered Ethiopia's Tigray region on Wednesday, the United Nations's food agency said, as humanitarian groups gain access for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two weeks ago. Under the ceasefire agreement with the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the region, the federal government pledged to work with agencies to expedite the provision of aid. The ICRC on Tuesday announced the first international aid delivery since the truce to end two years of fighting was agreed on Nov. 2. There had been no international aid into Tigray, a region of around 5.5 million people, since August, when an earlier ceasefire broke down. A humanitarian official in Tigray said the price of basic goods in the capital Mekelle had increased despite the ceasefire.

Source: Ethiopian News November 17, 2022 00:04 UTC