Thread by @BurbridgeDuke

Trucks and Fuel. 🧵
The @UNOCHA has told the Ethiopian govt repeatedly that not enough fuel has been allowed into Tigray to distribute food AND ensure that trucks that enter are able to complete the roundtrip back to Afar.
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https://twitter.com/EthioEmbassyUK/status/1542444727966076928

First, let's look at how much fuel @UNOCHA had in stock at the beginning of the year.

As of Jan 12, 2022 “…the UN said its food partners had less than 7,000 litres of fuel left in Tigray…”
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theguardian.com/global-develop…

Now I will refer to @UNOCHA's Northern Ethiopia Humanitarian Update Situation Reports (available at @reliefweb). I have put some of the words in CAPS because this has been a challenging concept for the Ethiopian regime and their supporters to grasp.
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They ran out in March, according to the N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 10)
"FUEL stock for humanitarian response [...] almost ENTIRELY EXHUASTED. Among food partners [...] less than 600 litres of fuel available…as of 08 March."
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 25)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray,”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 25, Cont.)
“In Tigray, the scale of food distribution has reached an ALL-TIME LOW since March 2021 with food stocks and fuel almost ENTIRELY EXHAUSTED…”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 31)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray,”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 31, Cont.)
“All partners, including those who halted their programs due to LACK of supplies, cash, and FUEL, remain in Tigray, and are on standby to resume or scale up operations once the constrains are eased.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 31, Cont.)
“Dispatching... particularly to remote and rural areas, remain a challenge due to lack of fuel... the FUEL SHORTAGES HAVE REACHED CRITICAL LEVELS, partners are resorting to alternative options to carry out critical operations.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Mar 31, Cont.)
“In Tigray, partner’s ability to monitor, report and support capacity building initiatives hindered by LACK OF FUEL, and communication black out.”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 7)
🚨First fuel tanker into Tigray in 2022
“The 20 trucks’ convoy included 670 metric tons (MT) of food and nutrition supplies and ONE fuel tanker of 47,000 liters, the FIRST fuel delivery to enter Tigray in EIGHT MONTHS.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 7, Cont.)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray,”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 7, Cont.)
“LIMITED FUEL and medical supplies [...] reduction in the number of operating mobile health and nutrition teams in Tigray from 57 a few months ago to 17 a month ago and 28 during the reporting period…”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 14)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray,”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 14, Cont.)
Limited FUEL and medical supplies... reduction in the number of operating mobile health and nutrition teams in Tigray [...] frequency of [...] field visits was also reduced.
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Apr 29)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray...”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (May 12)
“Humanitarian operations in northern Ethiopia continue to be restricted... These limitations include the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray...”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (May 12, Cont)
“The last three convoys did NOT include any FUEL.”
“Only about 20K people, were reached with different health services including more than 8.5K people with outpatient consultations due to [...] LACK OF FUEL and heath supplies.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (May 12, Cont)
"Limited FUEL and medical supplies... reduction in the number of operating mobile health and nutrition teams in Tigray [...] frequency of [...] field visits was also reduced."
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (May 20)
“...operating environment remains constrained mainly by the lack of essential services and functioning markets, as well as the INABILITY to bring in sufficient supplies, FUEL, and cash to Tigray...”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (May 20, Cont)
"Limited FUEL and medical supplies... reduction in the number of operating mobile health and nutrition teams in Tigray [...] frequency of [...] field visits was also reduced."
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 03)
“The amount [of FUEL] that has entered the region is insufficient to cover the needs…”

“[…] field missions remain largely impacted due to LACK OF FUEL.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 03, Cont.)
“Ayder hospital in Mekelle, the biggest referral hospital in the region, serving more than 300,000 patients is reportedly at risk of closure due to LACK OF FUEL... grounded 70% of vehicles..."
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 11)
“Despite this positive progress, significant gaps remain to address the vast humanitarian needs in Tigray, primarily FUEL SHORTAGE.”
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N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 11, Cont.)
“...as of 9 June, at least 16,000 MT of food commodities remained in Mekelle as partners are unable to dispatch them to various woredas due to lack of fuel (at least 135,000 liters of fuel required).”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

N. Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 16)
“In Tigray, DUE TO FUEL SCARCITY, food partners have been forced to scale down or temporarily suspend dispatch since late May.”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

Ethiopia – Humanitarian Update (Jun 27)
“These also included 23 fuel trucks or 987,137 litres of fuel for all humanitarian operations – even though partners REQUIRE 2 MILLION LITRES each month – including the FUEL required to deliver incoming supplies.”
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Ethiopia - Humanitarian Update (Jun 27, Cont.)
"Gaps... Limited availability of fuel, impacting transport humanitarian cargo within the region.”
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reliefweb.int/report/ethiopi…

Somewhere in the 13 publications that I have linked in this thread, in the 29 excerpts that I just shared, some clues emerge as to why a truck that enters Tigray, might not be able to return.
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This narrative about stolen trucks is being used to withhold aid from starving people. I am truly embarrassed for the entire planet that the disinformation about the #TigrayGenocide is this stupid, but here we are.
The End.
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