Ethiopia accused of limiting rare UN probe on Tigray abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia accused of limiting rare UN probe on Tigray abuses

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The joint investigation may be the world’s only official source of information on atrocities in Tigray. Ethiopia has tried to limit a UN human rights investigation into atrocities committed in the blockaded Tigray region, people with knowledge of the probe say. The joint investigation by the UN human rights office and the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission may be the world’s only official source of information on atrocities in the war against the Tigray forces that began in November 2020. The UN human rights office in Geneva said the government’s severing of flights and communications from Tigray during the planned investigation period made it difficult to access key locations both “logistically and from a security point of view”. People close to the investigation who spoke to The Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity said the head of the EHRC, Daniel Bekele, had underplayed some allegations that fighters from the country’s Amhara region were responsible for abuses in Tigray, and pressed instead to highlight abuses by Tigray forces.

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Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Strong evidence that Ethiopia committed genocide in Tigray war: Report

Al Jazeera  

Report says Ethiopia and allies had ‘intent to destroy Tigrayans as an ethnic group’ and calls for prosecution at ICJ. There is compelling evidence that Ethiopian forces committed genocidal acts during the Tigray war, a new report has concluded. Issued on Tuesday by the United States-based New Lines Institute, the 120-page draft quotes multiple, widespread and credible independent reports that …

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce
1 year, 1 month ago

Dashed hopes and limited aid trouble Tigrayans a year after Ethiopia truce

Al Jazeera  

Many Tigrayans say they can’t return home despite the ceasefire because forces allied with the federal government still occupy parts of the region. Life had been upended in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent federal troops and allied fighters from the neighbouring Amhara region and Eritrea there in November 2020. “I have fears that …

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against humanity continue in Ethiopia despite truce, say UN experts

Al Jazeera  

UN experts say Ethiopia and its allies, including Eritrea, are still violating human rights in the Tigray region. “While the signing of the agreement may have mostly silenced the guns, it has not resolved the conflict in the north of the country, in particular in Tigray, nor has it brought about any comprehensive peace,” Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the …

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence
1 year, 3 months ago

UN experts say Ethiopia's conflict and Tigray fighting left over 10,000 survivors of sexual violence

The Independent  

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Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray
1 year, 6 months ago

Ethiopia rejects ‘ethnic cleansing’ accusation in western Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Human Rights Watch accuses government-backed militias and officials of committing ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’ in the region. The Ethiopian government has rejected a report by Human Rights Watch that alleges an “ethnic cleansing” campaign is under way in western Tigray despite a truce signed in November. The HRW issued a report last week saying the November peace agreement …

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?
1 year, 7 months ago

Will Ethiopia and Eritrea be dragged into Sudan’s complex war?

Al Jazeera  

The countries have a long history of getting involved in each other’s affairs, leading to fears of a regional crisis as fighting in Sudan persists. With the tables now turned, Amhara armed groups could take advantage of the civil war in Sudan by launching an attack on the Sudanese army in el-Fashaga, according to Hubert Kinkoh, an expert on the …

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
1 year, 9 months ago

US: War crimes on all sides in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Monday that it has determined all sides in the brutal conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He said after “careful review of the law and facts” he had determined that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Eritrean Defense Forces, Tigray People’s Liberation Front forces and Amhara …

Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses
1 year, 10 months ago

Eritrean leader dismisses as ‘fantasy’ alleged Tigray abuses

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region. “Don’t provoke us” to cause misunderstandings, he added: “Let’s assume that the peace process in Ethiopia is going without obstacles.” Growing visibly irritated with questions, Isaias …

Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia PM Abiy vows ‘honest’ implementation of Tigray truce

Al Jazeera  

Under the implementation deal, humanitarian aid is to be allowed into Tigray, where rebels are expected to be disarmed. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed vowed on Tuesday “to implement honestly” a ceasefire agreement between his government and forces in Tigray, which he said was necessary to ensure peace proved sustainable. The truce signed on November 2 agreed to end two …

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia asserts 70% of Tigray now under military control

The Independent  

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Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline
2 years, 1 month ago

Two years of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: A timeline

Al Jazeera  

Here’s a look at some of the most important events of the two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s northernmost region. March 10: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemns acts of “ethnic cleansing” in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region, as he calls for “full accountability” and the departure of troops from neighbouring Eritrea and other fighters. August 26: As fighting continues in the …

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war
2 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia: Government, Tigrayan forces agree to end two-year war

Al Jazeera  

African Union says Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan forces formally agree to end fighting after talks in South Africa. The parties in the conflict in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray have agreed on a “permanent cessation of hostilities”, the African Union mediator said, just more than a week after formal peace talks began in South Africa. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, …

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO chief warns time running out to ‘prevent genocide’ in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Tedros says food and health care being used as weapons in his home region in northern Ethiopia. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there is a “very narrow window now to prevent genocide” in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. “There is a very narrow window now to prevent genocide.” Ethiopian government spokesman Legesse Tulu, …

Ethiopia says 3 Tigray towns taken amid resumed fighting
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia says 3 Tigray towns taken amid resumed fighting

Associated Press  

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian authorities say they have taken control of three towns in Tigray, the embattled northern region that has seen a resurgence of fighting since August. The three towns were taken “without fighting in urban areas,” it said, adding that authorities will coordinate with humanitarian groups in the areas that have come under the control of Ethiopian …

Ethiopia says it will seize airports in rebel-held Tigray region
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia says it will seize airports in rebel-held Tigray region

Al Jazeera  

Addis Ababa says it will also take over other key infrastructure in the northern region. Ethiopia aims to seize airports and other key infrastructure in the north of the country currently under the control of Tigray regional forces, the government said even as it stated it wanted a negotiated solution. “It is … imperative that the government of Ethiopia assumes …

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray
2 years, 2 months ago

Satellite images show Eritrea military buildup near Tigray

The Independent  

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Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike
2 years, 2 months ago

Ethiopia: UN truck hit by debris from apparent drone strike

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Flying debris from an apparent drone strike has damaged a World Food Program truck in Ethiopia’s besieged Tigray region, the U.N. agency said Monday, after Ethiopian forces and rival Tigray ones recently chose renewed fighting over peace. The government accused Tigray forces of transporting fighters in trucks “illegally” painted with U.N. logos, and it warned humanitarian groups …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

Associated Press  

GENEVA — U.N.-backed investigators said Thursday they have turned up evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity by Ethiopian government forces, Tigray forces and Eritrea’s military — including rape, murder and pillage — over the nearly two-year war centering on Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. The Commission of Inquiry on Ethiopia, which is working under a mandate from the U.N.'s …

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict
2 years, 3 months ago

UN experts detail extensive war crimes amid Tigray conflict

The Independent  

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Tigrayan forces accuse Eritrea of launching offensive
2 years, 3 months ago

Tigrayan forces accuse Eritrea of launching offensive

Al Jazeera  

US special envoy for the Horn of Africa condemns the crossing of Eritrean troops into Ethiopia’s Tigray region amid renewed fighting. The Eritreans are fighting alongside Ethiopian federal forces, including commando units, as well as allied militias, said Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, on Tuesday. “We have been tracking Eritrean troops’ movement across the border …

UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray
2 years, 3 months ago

UN: Warring sides committing atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The UN’s International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia says it has found evidence of widespread violations by all sides since fighting erupted in 2020. UN experts on Monday said that there are reasonable grounds to believe that “war crimes and crimes against humanity” have been committed by the Ethiopian government in the Tigray region, warning that renewed conflict …

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say willing to enter peace process
2 years, 3 months ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray forces say willing to enter peace process

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Tigray forces battling Ethiopian troops say they’re willing to abide by an immediate cessation of hostilities and participate in a peace process led by the African Union, a significant shift to which Ethiopia’s government has not yet responded. The Tigray authorities’ statement Sunday night came after new pressure by the United States and others following the …

Renewed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said widening
2 years, 3 months ago

Renewed conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region said widening

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Officials in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region allege that Ethiopian forces have again teamed up with those from neighboring Eritrea to attack the northern area. Ethiopia’s government did not comment Thursday after the allegations by the Tigray External Affairs Office and by Tigray forces spokesman Getachew Reda, who said a “massive” offensive had begun in northwestern Tigray. In …

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Large-scale’ fighting shatters lull in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

LA Times  

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. Ethiopia’s military has launched a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in the country’s northern Tigray region, Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. But …

'Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray Worse Than Ukraine': WHO Chief Ghebreyesus
2 years, 4 months ago

'Humanitarian Crisis in Tigray Worse Than Ukraine': WHO Chief Ghebreyesus

The Quint  

The Ethiopian government has criticised Ghebreyesus' statement and called it unethical. The spokeswoman for Ethiopia's prime minister on Thursday, 18 August, told journalists that the comments by WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus were unbecoming of such a high-profile position, reported AP. Very little humanitarian aid was reportedly allowed into Tigray after their forces retook much of the region in June …

Ethiopia calls WHO chief’s comments on Tigray “unethical”
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopia calls WHO chief’s comments on Tigray “unethical”

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government is criticizing as “unethical” the statement by the World Health Organization’s director-general that the crisis in the country’s Tigray region is “the worst disaster on Earth” and his assertion that the lack of attention from global leaders may be due to Tigrayans’ skin color. The spokeswoman for Ethiopia’s prime minister on Thursday told journalists that …

Lack of help for Tigray crisis is due to skin color, WHO chief suggests
2 years, 4 months ago

Lack of help for Tigray crisis is due to skin color, WHO chief suggests

LA Times  

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus — himself an ethnic Tigrayan — said the situation caused by the ongoing conflict in his home country of Ethiopia is worse than any other humanitarian crisis in the world. The head of the World Health Organization described the persistent crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region as “the worst disaster on Earth” and wondered …

EU, US envoys urge Ethiopia to restore services in Tigray
2 years, 4 months ago

EU, US envoys urge Ethiopia to restore services in Tigray

Al Jazeera  

The northern region has been struggling to cope with food shortages and no access to basic utilities since June 2021. The United States and European Union envoys for the Horn of Africa have urged Ethiopia’s government to resume essential services in Tigray after a rare visit to the war-torn region facing dire conditions. There have also been renewed diplomatic efforts …

Ethiopia says ready for talks with Tigray forces ‘anytime’
2 years, 4 months ago

Ethiopia says ready for talks with Tigray forces ‘anytime’

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A senior Ethiopian official says the government is ready for talks with rival forces from the country’s northern Tigray region “anytime, anywhere” and without preconditions, in a notable break from the past. Redwan tweeted after meeting with special envoys from the United Nations, the European Union and the United States, adding that the African Union continental body …

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?
2 years, 7 months ago

Can Ethiopia build on a truce to end war in Tigray?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, May 25 at 19:30 GMT: A recent declaration by Tigrayan forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal government that it will release thousands of prisoners of war is fuelling optimism the warring sides are moving towards direct talks – but obstacles to peace remain. The move comes weeks into an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in northern Ethiopia that was first announced by …

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares humanitarian truce in war-ravaged Tigray

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday announced what it called an “indefinite humanitarian truce” in its war-ravaged Tigray region, saying the action was necessary to allow unimpeded relief supplies into the area. “It should also serve as an essential foundation of an inclusive political process to achieve progress towards common security and prosperity for all the people of Ethiopia.” …

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray
2 years, 9 months ago

Ethiopia declares unilateral truce to allow aid into Tigray

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopia’s government has declared “an indefinite humanitarian truce effective immediately”, saying it hoped to help hasten delivery of emergency aid into the Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands face starvation. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government “is committed to exert maximum effort to facilitate the free flow of emergency humanitarian aid into the Tigray region,” it said in a statement on …

UN boss cites ‘demonstrable effort’ for Ethiopia peace after call
2 years, 11 months ago

UN boss cites ‘demonstrable effort’ for Ethiopia peace after call

Al Jazeera  

Antonio Guterres says delighted to hear of ‘a demonstrable effort to make peace’ in Ethiopia following conversation with AU envoy. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said there is a “real opportunity” for an end to more than 14 months of fighting between government and Tigrayan forces, following a call with the African Union’s special envoy. Guterres’s statement on Wednesday …

Ethiopia slams new probe proposal at UN rights body session
3 years ago

Ethiopia slams new probe proposal at UN rights body session

Al Jazeera  

Ambassador Zembe Kebede accuses UN Human Rights Council of having been ‘hijacked’ and used as ‘instrument of political pressure’. Speaking at the largely virtual one-day session on Friday, Nada al-Nashif, the deputy rights chief, said the UN is continuing to receive “credible reports” that all sides in the brutal 13-month conflict have been committing severe human rights violations amid a …

UN rights council orders probe into abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict
3 years ago

UN rights council orders probe into abuses in Ethiopia’s conflict

Al Jazeera  

Ethiopian government says ‘extremely disappointed’, pledges not to cooperate in international investigation. The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to launch an international investigation into abuses in Ethiopia’s 13-month conflict amid warnings of looming “generalised violence”. Earlier, Nada al-Nashif, the deputy rights chief, told the council the UN was continuing to receive “credible reports” that all sides in the …

‘I cannot escape': New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray
3 years ago

‘I cannot escape': New abuses alleged in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — New witness accounts allege that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been forcibly expelled, detained or killed in one of the most inaccessible areas of Ethiopia’s yearlong war in the latest wave of abuses carried out with machetes, guns and knives. Following a report by The Associated Press early last month citing people who fled, Thursday’s joint statement …

Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopia
3 years ago

Rights groups report wave of abuses against Tigrayans in Ethiopia

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty and HRW report a surge in abuse by Amhara security forces and militias in western Tigray. Armed forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara region have stepped up killings, mass detentions and expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in neighbouring western Tigray, according to Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Amnesty and HRW said they interviewed 31 people in western Tigray by phone in …

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war
3 years ago

Ethiopia seeks to restrict media reporting on yearlong war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government has issued a new order aiming to restrict media reporting of the country’s yearlong war, prohibiting the sharing of non-official information on “military-related movements, battlefront results and situations.” The statement released late Thursday, which applies to everyone in the country, also warns that “supporting the directly or indirectly in the name of freedom of speech …

Ethiopia to US: Stop spreading ‘false information’ about war
3 years ago

Ethiopia to US: Stop spreading ‘false information’ about war

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government on Thursday warned the United States against “spreading false information” as fighting in the country’s yearlong war draws closer to the capital, Addis Ababa, while thousands protested outside the U.S. and British embassies. Ethiopia’s war is not only against forces from the country’s Tigray region “but also with colonialism of the powerful states of the …

There is need for a truly independent probe into Ethiopia abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

There is need for a truly independent probe into Ethiopia abuses

Al Jazeera  

A pig and a chicken open a breakfast restaurant together, and their speciality is bacon and eggs. This well-known business fable is perhaps the best illustration of the dynamics behind the joint Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Ethiopian Human Rights Commission investigation into “alleged violations of international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law committed …

U.S. sanctions Eritrean military over role in Tigray conflict
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. sanctions Eritrean military over role in Tigray conflict

The Hindu  

The United States on November 12 imposed sanctions on the Eritrean military and other Eritrea-based individuals and entities over their "continued role" in the yearlong conflict in neighboring Ethiopia that has killed thousands and displaced millions. The soldiers "have been seen disguised in old Ethiopian military uniforms, manning checkpoints, obstructing and occupying critical aid routes, and threatening medical staff in …

Ethiopia’s Tigray is under a ‘systematic’ blockade: WHO chief
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s Tigray is under a ‘systematic’ blockade: WHO chief

Al Jazeera  

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said Tigrayans across the country were being profiled and arrested by the thousands. Ethiopia’s conflict-torn Tigray region is under “systematic blockade”, the World Health Organization director-general has said, warning that people were starving to death and dying from lack of access to medicine. “People are dying because of lack of supplies,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, himself from …

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia gov’t outlines terms for possible Tigray ceasefire talks

Al Jazeera  

The Ethiopian government has set out conditions for possible ceasefire talks with leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, following days of international diplomatic efforts aimed at halting intensifying hostilities. TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda has previously said that pulling out from Amhara and Afar before talks begin is “an absolute non-starter”. Tigray’s biggest hospital, Ayder Referral Hospital in the capital, …

UN says Ethiopia detains some 70 drivers who deliver aid
3 years, 1 month ago

UN says Ethiopia detains some 70 drivers who deliver aid

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopian authorities have arrested and detained some 70 aid-delivering truck drivers contracted to the United Nations and other groups in the past week, the U.N. said Wednesday, beginning when the government declared a state of emergency amid the country’s escalating war and growing famine. It is the government’s latest slap at the world body after the recent …

Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to ‘rat’ as war marks 1 year
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia compares Tigray forces to ‘rat’ as war marks 1 year

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s government marked a year of war by lashing out Thursday in response to international alarm about hate speech, comparing the rival Tigray forces to “a rat that strays far from its hole” and saying the country is close to “burying the evil forces.” The statement from the government communication service, posted on social media and confirmed …

Tigray is starving, it is time for the UN to act
3 years, 1 month ago

Tigray is starving, it is time for the UN to act

Al Jazeera  

The aid should flow to Tigray now, no matter what. This is despite the UN’s own assessment that there are famine conditions in Tigray and that the Ethiopian government is systematically obstructing the delivery of essential aid to the region. Last month, PBS Newshour asked former UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock, “Is the Ethiopian government trying to starve Tigray?” …

UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’
3 years, 1 month ago

UN report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’

Associated Press  

GENEVA — All sides in Ethiopia’s yearlong war in the Tigray region have committed abuses marked by “extreme brutality” that could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights chief said Wednesday, noting “the big numbers of violations” are linked to Ethiopian forces and those from neighboring Eritrea. Despite the report’s shortcomings, Abiy’s office said in …

United Nations report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’
3 years, 1 month ago

United Nations report says Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’

The Hindu  

The UN human rights chief said on Wednesday that Ethiopia’s yearlong war has been marked by “extreme brutality” as a joint investigation into alleged atrocities faulted all sides for committing abuses, but avoided saying who was the most to blame. The report, a rare collaboration by the U.N. human rights office with the government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, was released …

U.S. to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses
3 years, 1 month ago

U.S. to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses

The Hindu  

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he's decided to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program, setting the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in the Tigray region that has led to “gross violations” of human rights. Ethiopia will continue to make every effort to correct any unintended …

Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ from all sides: UN
3 years, 1 month ago

Ethiopia’s war marked by ‘extreme brutality’ from all sides: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN probe finds evidence of brutal violence that may amount to crimes against humanity, including gang rape by all combatants. “The United States is increasingly troubled by the expansion of combat operations and intercommunal violence in Ethiopia and is closely monitoring the situation,” a State Department spokesperson said. ‘Brutal violence and suffering’ Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human …

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