Ethiopia conflict: Tigray aid lorry drivers arrested, UN says

The United Nations says that 72 drivers contracted to deliver humanitarian aid have been arrested in the war-torn north of Ethiopia.

It said that the drivers, who were working for the World Food Programme (WFP), were detained in Semera, capital of the Afar region.

The UN is speaking to the government to establish why they were stopped.

The war in Ethiopia has caused a massive humanitarian crisis, with more than five million in need of aid.