UN allowed humanitarian access to conflict-hit region of Ethiopia

Many Tigray refugees have fled the conflict (Nariman El-Mofty/AP)

The United Nations has signed a deal with Ethiopia’s government to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region – at least the parts under federal government control.

This will allow the first aid to reach the region of six million people that has been cut off during fighting that began a month ago between the federal and Tigray regional governments.