Ethiopia denies US accusations of blocking Tigray aid

Ethiopian refugees

Ethiopian refugees who fled the Tigray conflict seen here at Um Raquba camp in Sudan on November 28, 2020. PHOTO  | ASHRAF SHAZLY | AFP

The Ethiopian government on Friday denied claims by US aid chief Samantha Power that it was blocking aid into the war-torn region of Tigray.

Power said in a statement on Thursday that the flow of humanitarian assistance into the region where hundreds of thousands of people are facing famine remains "woefully insufficient" and warned that food was running out.