EU allocates €61 million for Ethiopia as the UN says aid access is severely restricted
The Commission says the money covers food, health care and shelter in four regions, while OCHA says flights, key roads and telephone links are all disrupted.

OCHA said on 29 September that aid work in northern Ethiopia is being held back by disrupted telecommunications, suspended flights to and from Tigray and some locations in Amhara, and restrictions on key roads, and that several partners have scaled back or suspended their activities.
The European Commission said on 28 September that the European Union has provided €61 million in humanitarian aid for Ethiopia this year, made up of €43 million allocated earlier and a further €18 million announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It said the money will go to emergency food, nutrition, health care, water and sanitation, protection, shelter and emergency education in the Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia and Tigray regions. Commissioner Hadja Lahbib said: "People in Ethiopia have already paid far too high a price for conflict, displacement and hunger."
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on 29 September that relief work in northern Ethiopia is being held back by disrupted telecommunications, suspended flights to and from Tigray and some locations in Amhara, and restrictions on key roads. It said several partners have scaled back or suspended their activities, and that it remains critical that all parties ensure safe and unhindered access for humanitarian workers.
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