Ethiopian FM says Tigray humanitarian access improving

Ethiopia's foreign minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen has told a United Nations human rights meeting that humanitarian access in the Tigray region is improving but remains "a work in progress."

He said Ethiopia took its responsibilities to all refugees very seriously, and had reached out to two million people in need of aid.

A deadly conflict in Tigray erupted in early November where Ethiopian and allied regional troops began fighting Tigrayan regional forces.

Ethnic violence poses a major challenge to Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed as he tries to promote national unity in a country with more than 80 ethnic groups.