UN To Rebuild Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

The Ethiopian government has announced that the UN will help rebuild the northern Tigray region.

The government said the UN Office for Project Services would rebuild infrastructure in the region, which is still under the control of Tigrayan forces.

The project which is financed by the World Bank, became the first major financial institution to “unblock funds” to Ethiopia following a ceasefire.

Since then, fighting has largely stopped and the government has allowed the resumption of aid convoys.

Tigray has been devastated by 20 months of war, remains deprived of essential services such as electricity, communications, and banking.

The UN says hundreds of thousands are on the brink of famine.

BBC/CO