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Parents appeal for help for students stranded by war

Parents appeal for help for students stranded by war

DAWIT ENDESHAW THE parents of thousands of Ethiopian students stranded in the war-ravaged northern region of Tigray have appealed for help to evacuate them after the main university warned it could not feed them for much longer amid food and cash shortages. Mekelle University, which gets its budget from the federal government, posted a notice on its Facebook page on Thursday saying its bank accounts have been blocked and the federal government has not sent its funds for this year. It said it was running out of money to feed students and that from July 27 it would stop taking…
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