The UN renewed appeals on Friday for humanitarian access to all areas of Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region to help people displaced fighting, forcing the most desperate to eat leaves to survive..
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Statement by the Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in Ethiopia.
The United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, is alarmed by the continued escalation of ethnic violence in Ethiopia and allegations of serious violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights in the Tigray region.
There Is a Grave Humanitarian Need.’ U.N. Presses for Access to Ethiopia’s Embattled Tigray Region
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council discussed the grave humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region on Wednesday as senior U.N. officials pressed the government for access to deliver aid to hundreds of thousands of people that humanitarian workers have been blocked from reaching.
aljazeera: UN says 20,000 refugees missing in Tigray
Two camps destroyed during fighting in November left thousands of mostly Eritrean refugees vulnerable, caught in conflict, says UN.
As many as 20,000 refugees are missing after two camps in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region were destroyed, the United Nations said.
The refugees, most of whom are from neighbouring Eritrea, fled from the Hitsats and Shimelba shelters that were destroyed in fighting that erupted in Tigray in November.
Tigray crisis: ‘Genocidal war’ waged in Ethiopia region, says ex-leader
Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have waged a “devastating and genocidal war” in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the region’s ousted leader has said.
Ethiopia accused of using ethnic profiling to target Tigrayans
Ms Meles accused Addis Ababa of “the weaponisation of rape and hunger, the targeting of dense urban populations for aerial bombardment, wanton destruction of public infrastructure and widespread looting”.
Export Disruption in Tigray costs Ethiopia USD 20 mln per month
Ethiopia loses USD 20 million (800 million birr) per month in exports due to the closure of factories and mining plants in Tigray, following the fighting between the Federal government and the forces of Tigray People’s Liberation Front, according to the Ministry of Trade & Industry.
Sesame shortage hits commodity market
The conflict in Tigray region, one of the largest producers of sesame in Ethiopia, also resulted in the supply gap. “Producers of sesame in the region have not been able to sell their items to exporters because of a supply disruption as a result of the fighting in the region,” said head of corporate communications of the Exchange during the session.
MSF: Ethiopia: “If seriously ill people can’t get to hospital, you can imagine the consequences”
Albert Viñas has been involved in almost 50 emergency responses with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders (MSF) over 20 years. He has just returned from his sixth mission in Ethiopia, where his role was to prepare the way for medical teams to access areas of eastern and central Tigray and assist people affected by the current crisis. Since violence broke out in this northern Ethiopian region in early November, some 60,000 people have taken refuge in Sudan and hundreds of thousands have been displaced within Tigray. He describes what he found.
Ethiopia is the New Frontier in Garment Manufacturing, but Ethnic Conflict Stands to Hinder its Growth
But for the past two months, violent conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region fueled by ethnic power politics has threatened the country’s stability.’ ‘The scale of the conflict could scare off foreign investment in the country’s garment industry, a sector that is hugely important to Ethiopia, as it is aimed to propel its agricultural economy toward a more prosperous future built on providing clothing to consumers in the West.’ ‘In addition to this already-strained business context, the report we published points to what we saw as the greatest challenge of all: ethnic tensions. In Hawassa, for instance, ethnic tension erupted in July 2019 and caused disruptions to the industrial park. The new conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region could be the tipping point for foreign investors in the garment industry.’