Ethiopia aid pact not good enough, says EU official

ADDIS (Reuters) - A senior European Union official said on Friday that an agreement between relief organizations and the Ethiopian government for access to the war-hit Tigray region limits aid to federal-controlled areas only and requires too much bureaucracy.

"The agreement ... has some important shortcomings," EU Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarcic told reporters. "Humanitarian aid should also go to areas not under government control in line with the fundamental principles of humanitarian aid. There may be malnourished children on the other side also."