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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Johannesburg

Food aid convoys enter Tigray for first time since ceasefire

A truck driver splash water to another as a 130 trucks aid convoy directed to Ethiopia's Tigray region leaves the outskirts of Semera, Afar region, Ethiopia.
A truck driver passes a bottle of water to another as a 130-truck aid convoy bound for Ethiopia’s Tigray region leaves the outskirts of Semera, Afar region, Ethiopia. Photograph: Michele Spatari/AFP/Getty Images

Convoys carrying desperately needed food aid have entered Tigray, as humanitarian groups gained access to the war-torn northern Ethiopian region for the first time since a ceasefire agreement was signed two-week ago.

Doctors and aid workers in Tigray have described a race against time to keep sick or malnourished patients alive as they wait for humanitarian assistance.

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