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- It is reported that that the Ethiopian government had suspended part or all of the operations of the UN Aid agencies operating in the Tigray region , without giving any proper reasons
- The United Nations humanitarian chief warned Ethiopian authorities that blanket accusations against aid workers in the country’s embattled Tigray region and elsewhere are dangerous and must stop
- Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, said that already they had suspended operations in three major Tigray towns after the murder of three colleagues by unknown attackers
It is reported that that the Ethiopian government had suspended part or all of the operations of the UN Aid agencies operating in the Tigray region , without giving any proper reasons . In the meantime, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned Ethiopian authorities that blanket accusations against aid workers in the country’s embattled Tigray region and elsewhere are dangerous and must stop. The UN authorities said that in the Tigray region, hundreds of thousands of people face famine conditions. However, Ethiopia’s government has been accused of blocking assistance.
Doctors involved in the UN mission said Ethiopia’s government had suspended their operations on July 30 on reasons such as public advocacy and failure to obtain proper permissions for foreign staff. The version of the Ethiopian government has yet to be ascertained in this regard. Some groups complained that their operations were suspended for three months in the Tigray, Amhara, Gambella and Somali regions. Doctors Without Borders, also known by its French acronym MSF, said that already they had suspended operations in three major Tigray towns after the murder of three colleagues by unknown attackers.
The Ethiopian government spokesman for the Tigray emergency task force, Redwan Hussein, alleged last month aid groups were “playing a destructive role in the nine-month conflict. He said that aid agencies are even arming the Tigray forces that long dominated Ethiopia’s government before a falling-out with the current prime minister.
