The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has called on the African Union and its international partners to convene emergency sessions to address the sharp deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region, urging immediate action to ensure unhindered access to humanitarian aid for internally displaced persons.
The call came in an official letter addressed to African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, in which the TPLF warned of worsening conditions in displacement camps, citing severe shortages of food supplies and an alarming rise in mortality rates. The Front described these developments as a direct violation of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed in Pretoria.
The TPLF urged the African Union and international partners to exert pressure to secure immediate and unconditional humanitarian access to all displacement sites, conduct an independent investigation into allegations of aid obstruction and reported deaths, and ensure the full implementation of the Pretoria Agreement.
The Front warned that continued inaction places the international community before a “potential responsibility,” stressing that “the Pretoria Agreement cannot be considered implemented as long as the population promised protection continues to face danger without international intervention.”
It accused the Ethiopian federal government of obstructing humanitarian access, arguing that statements by the Federal Disaster Risk Management Commission regarding the continuation of aid “do not reflect reality,” as the assistance actually reaching displacement camps remains extremely limited.
The TPLF also noted that community-led initiatives to collect aid—including funds raised by activists via social media and by members of the diaspora—have faced restrictions or were redirected to accounts under government control.
The Front linked the worsening crisis to the ongoing dispute over the status of Western Tigray, stating that more than one million displaced people remain unable to return to their homes, which it described as a violation of Article 4 of the Pretoria Agreement.