GENEVA — The U.N. high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, says the escalating hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region are taking a devastating toll on the civilian population and must stop. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. U.N. rights chief Volker Turk is alarmed at the latest surge of airstrikes launched on the Tigray […]
Continue ReadingNAIROBI, KENYA — Ethiopian government forces and their allies have captured the city of Shire and two more towns in the Tigray region in an offensive that aims to take control of airports and federal infrastructure. The attack has been met with international calls for an immediate ceasefire and for neighboring Eritrea to withdraw troops from […]
Continue ReadingThe Government of Ethiopia is carrying out the necessary preparations and will coordinate with the relevant humanitarian agencies to provide humanitarian aid to areas that have come under the control of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), including via the Shire Airport, Government Communication Service (GCS) disclosed. In recent days, the ENDF has taken control […]
Continue ReadingThe call for a truce comes as the pan-African body African Union makes efforts to bring the warring sides to negotiating table. The African Union’s chief has called for an “immediate, unconditional ceasefire” in the two-year-old conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region. An AU statement said Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat is “following with great concern […]
Continue ReadingA new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge, with devastating effects on prospects for children, young people and women. Data presented in the report show a clear and critical regression across virtually every major measure of childhood wellbeing, and many […]
Continue ReadingParties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately and work towards a peaceful and lasting solution, the newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, appealed on Tuesday. He warned that the latest alarming airstrikes risk seriously worsening the already devastating impact the fighting is having […]
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