Women face terrible suffering as the conflict in Tigray drags on

Six months after the conflict began, governments need to be doing more to help those affected by the fighting

In any given humanitarian crisis, anywhere in the world, it is always the most marginalised, the most vulnerable groups that suffer the most. It is no surprise then that women and children are so often the bearers of the brunt of war.

INDEPENDENT: Ethiopia’s war leads to ethnic cleansing in Tigray region, US report says

Fighters and officials from the neighbouring Amhara region of Ethiopia, who entered Tigray in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, are “deliberately and efficiently rendering western Tigray ethnically homogeneous through the organised use of force and intimidation”, the report says.