UN says Ethiopia detains 72 World Food Programme drivers
Men carry a sack of wheat during a food distribution by the World Food Programme for internally displaced people in Debark, Ethiopia. The United Nations confirmed that 72 outsourced drivers contracted by the World Food Programme had been detained in Semera. FILE PHOTO | AFP
The United Nations said Wednesday that Ethiopia had detained 72 drivers working for the World Food Programme (WFP) in a northern city along the only functional road leading into the famine-threatened Tigray region.
"We confirm that 72 outsourced drivers contracted by WFP have been detained in Semera. We are liaising with the Government of Ethiopia to understand the reasons behind their detention," a UN spokesperson said.
