The aid should flow to Tigray now, no matter what. That is the law, and the United Nations should uphold it.
![Brkti Gebrehiwot, a 20-year-old woman from Agulae, a town previously occupied by Eritrean troops, tries to feed her one year and eight month old son Aamanuel Merhawi, who suffers from severe acute malnutrition at Wukro hospital in Wukro, Tigray region, Ethiopia, July 11, 2021. [Giulia Paravicini/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-07-30T122342Z_1986980070_RC28IO9JCIL5_RTRMADP_3_ETHIOPIA-CONFLICT.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The aid should flow to Tigray now, no matter what. That is the law, and the United Nations should uphold it.
By allowing much-needed aid to reach starving Tigrayans, the Ethiopian PM may prevent his country’s disintegration.
Under the banner of national sovereignty, Ethiopia is subverting Africa’s hard-won norms, principles and institutions.