Aid deliveries to war-torn Tigray were forced to a halt in August when fighting resumed in northern EthiopiaAddis Ababa (AFP) – The World Food Programme said its first aid convoy since the signing of a landmark peace deal between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels had arrived in the war-torn Tigray region on Wednesday. The WFP announcement followed the arrival on Tuesday of a medical aid convoy from the International Committee of the Red Cross, the first ICRC trucks to arrive in Tigray since the deal between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The WFP spokeswoman said 15 trucks had entered the region on Wednesday, with "more (expected) in the coming days". Sanctions threatEthiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has vowed to fulfil the commitments made in the peace deal, saying that his government secured 100 percent of what it had sought in the negotiations with the TPLF. The war erupted in November 2020 when Abiy, a Nobel Peace laureate, sent troops into Tigray, accusing the TPLF of attacking federal army camps.

Source: Ethiopian News November 17, 2022 02:22 UTC