UN Detained Drivers In Ethiopia Regains Freedom

A UN spokesman says the Ethiopian government has released about half of the UN&#039;s contracted aid drivers arrested last week. <br />Farhan Haq says on Monday that 34 drivers had been released but 36 others were still being detained. <br />He hoped that the remaining contract workers and 10 UN national staff arrested by the authorities on Friday would be freed. <br />The UN spokesman also announced that the UN had released $40m (£29.8m) in emergency funds to Ethiopians. <br />The spokesman says the funds will help scale up emergency operations in Ethiopia&#039;s conflict-affected northern regions and support early response to the drought in southern Ethiopia.