U.N. aid chief to Ethiopia on famine in Tigray: ‘Get those trucks moving’
MCHELLE NICHOLS UNITED Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths has assumed famine has taken hold in Ethiopia's Tigray where a nearly three-month-long "de-facto blockade" has restricted aid deliveries to 10% of what is needed in the war-torn region. Griffiths told Reuters during an interview that his request was simple: "Get those trucks moving." "This is man-made, this can be remedied by the act of government," he said. War broke out 10 months ago between Ethiopia's federal troops and forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls Tigray. Thousands have died and more than two million people have been…
