(ENA) Why is UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Silent on Deployment of Child soldiers by TPLF in Tigray? BY SOLOMON DIBABA The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has adopted a quickly baked EU sponsored resolution on violations of human rights in Ethiopia. But it never uttered a sentence on TPLF’s recruitment […]
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Recruiting Children as Soldiers Unacceptable, Grave Violation of Int’l Law: Academicians
(ENA) The deployment of child soldiers by the terrorist group TPLF is “unacceptable and grave violation of international humanitarian law,” academicians noted. The New York Times has this week published a report that depicts the activities of the terrorist TPLF clique to forcefully recruit, train, and deploy children as soldiers against international conventions. Civil Service University […]
TPLF’s Criminal Act Leaves Unbearable Wound on People of Tigray: Scholars
(ENA) The criminal acts being committed by the TPLF terrorist group by engaging children in war will leave unbearable wound in the psyche of the people of Tigray beyond the gross violation of international humanitarian law, scholars said. Mizan Teppei University International Law lecturer, Taddese Aibera told Ethiopian News Agency that TPLF’s provocative and futile […]
Food, Non-food Items Arriving in Tigray Regional Capital: Nat’l Risk Management Commissioner
(ENA) The National Risk Management Commission disclosed today that 61 trucks carrying food, non-food items and fuel have entered Mekelle, Tigray’s regional capital, and additional 60 trucks are on their way to same destination. National Risk Management Commissioner, Mitiku Kassa said the food and non-food items transported by the 61 trucks will be swiftly distributed to the […]
Regional States Condemn TPLF’s Provocative Acts, Vow to Deter Its Conspiracy
(ENA) Regional states in Ethiopia have condemned the provocative acts of the terrorist TPLF in a strong term and vowed to stop the conspiracy of this belligerent group against the country’s national unity. Afar, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples regions, as well as Gambala, Benshangul Gumz, Harari and other regional states have issued statements condemning […]
Observers Worry Tigray Fighting is Shifting to Ethnic Conflict
NAIROBI – The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region appears to be escalating, with reports that Tigrayan and Amhara forces are recruiting more youths to fight in the country’s north. Aid agencies are warning that a drawn-out war in Ethiopia would cost thousands more lives and worsen food insecurity. Local media reports forces from Ethiopia’s Amhara, Oromia and Sidama region are mobilizing to attack Tigrayan forces, […]