A hundred trucks of aid each day are needed, according to the UN.

Now Tigrayan forces say three times that amount is required as the region had been cut off from assistance for a long time and hundreds of thousands of people are on the brink of starvation.

The first convoys in months carrying food aid and fuel headed to Tigray last week creating hope for increased access.

But no other trucks have moved to the region in recent days, a senior Tigrayan official has told the BBC.

Communications Minister Legesse Tulu says the government has not put restrictions in place.

The amount of aid reaching Tigray “depends on supplies from aid agencies”, Mr Legesse told the BBC.