In the conflict between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in northern Ethiopia and the central government, both sides are accused of undermining humanitarian aid. Now other regions are affected.
Rebels from the People’s Liberation Front of Tigray (TPLF) are said to have plundered warehouses with relief supplies in the embattled north of Ethiopia.
Sean Jones, the head of the US Development Cooperation Agency (USAID) in Ethiopia, made this allegation on state television late Tuesday evening. The TPLF is opportunistic and has looted every camp in the Amhara area, Jones said.
The conflict between the TPLF and the central government has spread to the neighboring regions of Afar and Amhara in recent weeks. According to the United Nations, more than 5.2 million people in the north of the country are dependent on humanitarian aid, and more than 400,000 are at risk of starvation. For months, aid organizations have not had full access to those in need due to the security situation and bureaucratic hurdles. Both parties to the conflict are accused of undermining humanitarian aid.
The central government in Addis Ababa had launched a military offensive in November against the TPLF, which had been in power there until then. The background to this were years of tensions between the TPLF and the central government. After a six-week ceasefire, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called on the army and allied militias on August 10 to take renewed action against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
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