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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has said that its first aid convoys have arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray region following the signing of a truce earlier this month between government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Claude Jibidar is the WFP鈥檚 representative in Ethiopia. He told Newsday: 鈥淣early 90% of the population is in need of food. One third of the children under the age of five are malnourished. One pregnant and breast-feeding woman out of two are also malnourished鈥�we are talking about 13 million people鈥�We have sent over the last two days two convoys with approximately 600 tonnes鈥�but鈥�we need to be able over the coming few weeks and months to provide in a sustainable鈥�continuous manner assistance to these large numbers of people.鈥�

(Picture: Shows a convoy of WFP trucks on their way to Tigray in June, 2022. Credit: Eduardo Soteras / AFP via Getty Images.)