Ethiopia - Access Snapshot - Tigray region (As of 31 March 2021)
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Humanitarian partners' access to Tigray improved in March, with the replacement of the previous "clearance process" for the deployment of international aid workers at the Federal level with a new flexible "notification" system and further flexibility in the movement of relief cargo to the region. Despite these marked improvements, access to large areas continues to be impeded by insecurity, and the humanitarian response remains limited, particularly in rural hard-to-reach areas.
Five months since the start of the conflict, the population in rural areas (80 percent before the conflict), including those living in major towns in the North-Western such as Sheraro, Zana, Endabaguna and the whole Western zone, continue to lack access to essential services such as electricity, health, water and sanitation, and education.