ADDIS ABABA (Halbeeg News) – USAID Administrator Samantha Power is expected visit Ethiopia in diplomatic push on Tigray region that has seen aid supply routes cut off as hundreds of thousands face starvation.
According to a statement from USAID, Power will ‘meet with humanitarian assistance partners and observe how USAID-provided food is stored and prepared for delivery throughout Ethiopia, including to the Tigray region, to feed families who need it most.’
Administrator Power will also be pressing the Ethiopian government for unimpeded humanitarian access to prevent famine in Tigray and meet urgent needs in other conflict-affected regions of the country.
Power is due to meet Ethiopia’s national security adviser and hopes to meet Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a senior USAID official said. Washington hopes she will secure unhindered humanitarian access to Tigray.
“There will be I think continued punitive measures as long as we are unable to access those populations,” the official said.
Administrator Power will meet with humanitarian assistance partners and observe how USAID-provided food is stored and prepared for delivery throughout Ethiopia, including to the Tigray region, to feed families who need it most.
The Administrator’s itinerary also includes meetings with Ethiopian government officials to press for unimpeded humanitarian access to prevent famine in Tigray and meet urgent needs in other conflict-affected regions of the country.
The Ethiopian government denies blocking food aid.
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