Ethiopia releases 6 U.N. staff and all 70 plus drivers
The Hindu
Five U.N. staff members and one dependent remain in custody in the capital Addis Ababa
The United Nations announced Thursday that six U.N. staff members detained by the Ethiopian government were released and that all of the more than 70 detained truck drivers waiting to deliver aid to war-torn Tigray have also been freed.
But five U.N. staff members and one dependent remain in custody in the capital Addis Ababa and the U.N. is pressing for their release as well, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
The detentions were the government's latest slap at the United Nations after the recent expulsion of seven U.N. staffers, including several senior officials working in Tigray, as tensions continue over what the U.N. has called a “de facto humanitarian blockade” on the Tigray region.
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