Tigray forces deny preventing supplies from reaching northern Ethiopia

The Ethiopian government claimed that it was stopping aircraft transporting help from landing at the airport in the regional capital, Mekelle, but the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which governs the northern Tigray province, has refuted this report.

In a statement shared on Twitter on Thursday, TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda claimed that the organization had "ran out of fuel" to run the airport and that the government was still enforcing a "near-total embargo on the entry of petroleum" there.

To draw attention away from the gory devastation and crisis that is killing thousands of citizens in Oromia, Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, and other parts of the country, Mr. Getachew claimed that the authorities in Addis are "blowing this temporary problem out of proportion."

The Government Communication Service (GCS) accused the TPLF of obstructing assistance planes from landing at the airport in a statement published on Facebook on Thursday.

The government said that this resulted in the indefinite suspension of the daily supply of medications, medical supplies, and nourishing meals for children that it was enabling

The European Union contacted Ethiopia on Monday to request the opening of a second route so that more humanitarian aid could reach Tigray.

Millions of people now require humanitarian assistance due to the country's civil war, which started in Tigray in November 2020.

To distribute aid, the administration proclaimed a humanitarian cease-fire in March.