Ethiopia ‘impeding’ humanitarian access to Tigray

By Emmanuel Onyango & Evelyne Musambi

A leading humanitarian aid official has criticised the Ethiopian authorities for restricting access to victims of the conflict in the northern Tigray region.

Jan Egeland, now head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said aid agencies hadn't been able to reach central and western parts of the region, as well as two refugee camps.

He said he'd rarely seen an aid response impeded so much.

Mr Egeland added that the international community was failing in its duty to reach millions of desperate people.

There's mounting evidence that all sides in the conflict have been committing human rights abuses against civilians.

This article was originally published by BBC News. [Photo: NRC/Ingebjørg Karstad]