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UN Voices Grave Concern as Fighting Spreads in Northern Ethiopia
UN News · 13 hours ago · Read the Full Story on UN News
AI SUMMARY
The United Nations expressed grave concern over escalating fighting, drone use, and civilian casualties in northern Ethiopia, warning of a return to full-scale war and disruptions to humanitarian aid.
- UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stated the UN is troubled by reports of drone use and harm to civilians in northern Ethiopia.
- Secretary-General António Guterres is engaging with leaders in New York to de-escalate the crisis and prevent a return to full-scale war.
- Internet and call services have been largely cut across the Tigray region.
- UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, Guang Cong, is working with the AU and IGAD to support a resumption of dialogue under the 2022 peace accord.
- A drone strike this past Sunday in northwestern Tigray hit a truck carrying food assistance for internally displaced people.
- Road closures and the seizure of humanitarian vehicles by armed groups in parts of Amhara have constrained aid operations.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk reported airstrikes hit five schools in Tigray on 22 September, and a mortar strike killed civilians in Kobo, Amhara, two days later.
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