HAMDAYET, SUDAN – DECEMBER 6: Refugees from the Tigray region of Ethiopia wait to be transferred to a camp with more infrastructure at a UNHCR reception area in the east Sudanese border village of Hamdayet on December 6, 2020 in Hamdayet, Sudan. Last week, the Ethiopian government declared victory in its nearly month-long battle with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which sent 45,000 people fleeing to Sudan and displaced thousands more within the Tigray Region. In recent days, Ethiopian forces have prevented even more people from crossing the border into Sudan, while a TPLF spokesman said that fighting had continued outside of Mekelle, Tigray’s regional capital. (Photo by Byron Smith/Getty Images) Photographer: Byron Smith/Getty Images Europe , Photographer: Byron Smith/Getty Images Europe
(Bloomberg) — Humanitarian agencies are struggling to access Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region, despite a government agreement last week to allow them into the area.
The United Nations estimates thousands of people have been displaced by fighting that began in Tigray on Nov. 4, with an unknown number of people dead or injured. Access to basic services has been disrupted because of insecurity and a lack of communications, especially for the more than 500,000 residents of Tigray’s capital, Mekelle.
