After patchy Tigray truce, WHO still lacks full aid access
By DW
11 December 2022 |
3:40 pm
The UN's health body says there are still "significant parts of the country" it cannot reach to provide vital medical aid. This was one of the terms of a peace deal that appears not to have halted the fighting entirely.
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