Close
KTAR.com
News
Shows
Blogs
KTAR News on 92.3FM

UN rejects Ethiopian attempt to deny funds for Tigray probe

FILE - People walk from a rural area towards a nearby town where a food distribution operated by the Relief Society of Tigray was taking place, near the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. The Ethiopian government on Thursday, March 24, 2022 announced what it called an "indefinite humanitarian truce" in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE - People are seen in front of clouds of black smoke from fires in the aftermath at the scene of an airstrike in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Oct. 20, 2021. The Ethiopian government on Thursday, March 24, 2022 announced what it called an "indefinite humanitarian truce" in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. The Ethiopian government on Thursday, March 24, 2022 announced what it called an "indefinite humanitarian truce" in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) FILE - Displaced Tigrayans queue to receive food donated by local residents at a reception center for the internally displaced in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 9, 2021. The Ethiopian government on Thursday, March 24, 2022 announced what it called an "indefinite humanitarian truce" in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)