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New regulations hold up deliveries of emergency aid

    NAIROBI

    Donors are concerned about hold-ups in the delivery of emergency aid in Ethiopia, including some 16,000 mt donated by the European Union (EU) which has remained in Djibouti Port for 18 days. There was “a greater need for flexibility” instead of a “tendency towards centralisation” during the present crisis, humanitarian sources told IRIN. The Ministry of Transport introduced new regulations this week which prevent NGOs from hiring trucks directly; requests must pass through a committee at the ministry. Humanitarian staff said the changes resulted in increased tariff rates and delayed trucking contracts. The credentials of trucks carrying food aid were being examined at checkpoints at regional borders inside Ethiopia, sources told IRIN. “There is a hiatus”, which may be because the government is dealing with a shortage of trucks, said one humanitarian official.

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