GENEVA - The World Food Program is renewing its appeal for unimpeded access to Ethiopia’s northern province of Tigray, where an estimated four million people are suffering from acute hunger. In a rare bit of good news, the World Food Program says the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service has transported 30 aid workers and urgently needed relief supplies for distribution across Tigray into Mekelle, the provincial capital. That, he says will facilitate the regular movement of humanitarian personnel and light cargo into and out of Tigray. While that is commendable, he says faster, free, and unimpeded access is needed to reach millions of Tigrayans with life-saving food. The WFP suspended aid deliveries along the Afar route after its convoy was attacked Sunday.

Source: Ethiopian News July 23, 2021 13:30 UTC