Convoy to Ottawa: the Minister of Transport “sure” of a peaceful event

The federal Minister of Transport hopes that protesters participating in the convoy of truckers supposed to arrive in Ottawa on Saturday will respect the laws. He says he is “sure” that this will be the case. • Read also: Vaccination of truckers: SMEs concerned about supply problems • Read also: Truck convoy: Canadian Trucking Alliance and government united against protest “People have the right to protest. It must be peaceful and respectful,” Omar Alghabra said on the sidelines of a virtual press briefing on Wednesday. “I am sure that the protesters will respect our laws. After all, they stand for law and order, so I expect protesters to obey the law.” In a press conference later in the day, Justin Trudeau reiterated that his government would not chang...

Addis Ababa | Trucks carrying crucial food aid for Ethiopia's war-affected region of Tigray were blocked at a checkpoint in the neighboring Afar region on Tuesday, humanitarian sources said. The government and the rebels of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), who have been fighting each other for more than 14 months in the north of the country, blame each other for the situation. Last week, the UN said food distributions were at an all-time low in Tigray, where conflict has pushed hundreds of thousands of people into "near starvation conditions". On Sunday, 27 trucks carrying 800 tonnes of food set off from Afar for Tigray's capital, Mekele, using the only functional land route, according to the UN's World Food Program (WFP). But the convoy has bee...

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Convoy to Ottawa: the Minister of Transport “sure” of a peaceful event

Ethiopia: a humanitarian aid convoy bound for Tigray blocked