Exclusive-UN weighs suspending relief to Ethiopia's Amhara after aid workers attacked, document shows


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  • Tuesday, 08 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: People look on near makeshift shelters, near Awlala Camp, Amhara region, Ethiopia May 31, 2024. Alfatih Alsemari/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT./File Photo

LONDON/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations is considering suspending relief operations, including food aid deliveries, in Ethiopia's Amhara region, following deadly attacks on humanitarian workers, according to a draft proposal seen by Reuters and verified by two diplomats.

Five aid workers were killed in the first six months of 2024, 10 were physically assaulted or injured and 11 kidnapped by unidentified criminal groups, according to the document which is dated August 2024.

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