Addis Abeba — "The pressure to open a corridor through western Tigray is unacceptable," Mitiku Kassa, National Disaster Risk Management Commissioner told a local news outlet today.
According to the report, the NRDC noted that 'some Westerners and their institutions' are pushing for the opening of a corridor through western Tigray to provide assistance to those in need of humanitarian assistance. Assistance is being provided to the people of Tigray by the federal government and Afar State, he said.
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