Aid agencies distributing U.S. food aid in Ethiopia's war-affected Tigray region say they have had to stop feeding millions of people because of the Trump administration's restrictions on foreign aid.

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Officials administering Ethiopia's Tigray region asked for federal help on Wednesday as a faction of the main regional party seized control of a town, stoking fears of a return to conflict in the war-scarred region.

Interim government of Ethiopia's Tigray region appeals for federal intervention as TPLF faction seizes control, raising civil war fears.

It follows a deepening power struggle within the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which has raised concerns of a return to civil war. One Mekelle resident told the BBC that people were withdrawing money from their bank accounts,