UNICEF Raises Concerns Over Humanitarian Crisis In Ethiopia

The United Nations says roads need to be opened and humanitarian flights allowed in for aid to be delivered to tens of thousands of vulnerable people in Tigray in northern Ethiopia.

The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, said more than thirty thousand children risk imminent death if urgent access is not granted.

UNICEF’S representative, Adele Khodr said they also need to make sure that the telecommunications are restored, power reconnected and access given to the people that need humanitarian assistance.

Report said, government official in Ethiopia capital, Addis Ababa, said if necessary, the Military could retake Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, in three weeks.