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Following the resumption of fighting in northern Ethiopia at the end of August, there is now 鈥渧irtually no access and hence no humanitarian support going into Tigray,鈥� according to Michael Dunford, regional director for eastern Africa at the World Food Programme (WFP).

Dr Fasika Amdeslasie is a surgeon at Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle, which is the capital of the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. He told Newsday: 鈥淲e don鈥檛 have medicine鈥�We don鈥檛 have surgical materials鈥�We don鈥檛 have vaccines鈥�We don鈥檛 have insulin鈥�none of us have been paid for the last 17 months. That makes it very difficult, even for ourselves to survive.鈥�

(Picture: A convoy of World Food Programme trucks on their way to Tigray on June 9, 2022. The route is now heavily compromised due to the ongoing conflict. Credit: EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images.)