Although critical supplies were still getting in via air, the region was cut off by road from humanitarian assistance for more than three months, because of the war between ethiopia's federal government and the rebel tigre people's liberation front.

尽管关键物资仍在通过空运进入，但该地区的人道主义援助已被公路切断了三个多月，因为埃塞俄比亚联邦政府和叛军猛虎人民解放阵线之间的战争。