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Tigray refugees who fled the conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray ride a bus going to the Village 8 temporary shelter, near the Sudan-Ethiopia border
THE United Nations signed a deal today allowing “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the parts of Tigray under Ethiopian government control, following warnings that the fighting in the region has created a hunger and refugee crisis.
This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the northern region of six million people.
For weeks, aid-laden lorries have been blocked at Tigray’s borders, and the UN and other humanitarian groups were increasingly anxious to reach the war-torn region as hunger grows and hospitals run out of basic supplies such as gloves and body bags. Damage to infrastructure has affected the supply of treated water.
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