The UAE has despatched a plane carrying another 30 tonnes of food supplies to a civil war-hit region of Ethiopia.
The 30.3 metric tonnes of aid will benefit more than 7,100 people, including 5,700 women and children.
Mohamed Salem Al Rashidi, UAE Ambassador to Ethiopia, said the UAE “always seeks to provide support to enhance its relief response and meet the urgent needs of the Tigray region, especially in circumstances that require solidarity and cooperation in all its forms,” according to state-run news agency Wam.
It comes a week after the UAE despatched another 30 tonnes to Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region, to help more than 7,000 people, including 5,600 women and children.
The shipments were the latest in a series of nine planeloads carrying 344.2 metric tonnes of aid the UAE has despatched to Ethiopia since the start of the year.
The aid has benefitted 81,000 people, including 65,000 women.
The UAE has also pledged to donate $85 million to support relief operations in Ethiopia, in collaboration with international organisations.
Aid for Ukrainians gathered in the UK: in pictures
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Volunteers from Rain or Shine in Scotland check through donations bound for Ukraine. All photos: PA -
Volunteers at the White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, sift through donations before their aid convoy sets off to Ukraine. -
A man holds boxes of nappies as he waits to make a donation for Ukrainian refugees at the White Eagle Club in Balham. -
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, right, at the Edinburgh Ukrainian Club, speaks to members of the Ukrainian community about their concerns and views some of the donations. -
David Lee, David Edwards and Etienne Lee, about to set off for Poland from the Lewisham Polish Centre in south London, in a van loaded with donation for Ukrainian refugees. -
Volunteers prepare to load a van with donations for Ukrainian refugees at the Lewisham Polish Centre. -
Smokey Deli owner Monika Rawson, who has been living in Northern Ireland since moving from Poland, has created a drop-off point at her restaurant in east Belfast for donations. -
People queue around the block to buy cakes, buns and other baked treats from the Deanston Bakery in Glasgow. The sale has raised at least £25,000 for Ukraine's refugees. -
Volunteers making ribbons at the Ukrainian Social Club in Holland Park, London.
