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First NGO aid gets to Ethiopia’s Tigray, businesses to re-open

First NGO aid gets to Ethiopia’s Tigray, businesses to re-open

THE first non-governmental aid convoy since fighting has arrived in the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, as the government ordered businesses to re-open and officials to return to work. The federal government restricted access to Tigray after fighting began on November 4 between its troops and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a political party that ruled the province. So far the conflict in Africa's second-most populous nation is believed to have killed thousands of people and displaced around 950,000. But the tempo of fighting seems to have slowed since the government announced the capture of the regional capital…
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