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New York
The UN Security Council has called for an end to the violence in Ethiopia, where a conflict between armed groups and the central government is worsening.
The UN’s most powerful body has demanded that the parties to the conflict negotiate a lasting ceasefire and create the conditions for the start of an inclusive national dialogue.
In addition, the statement agreed by the 15 council members expressed deep concern about the intensification of fighting and the deteriorating humanitarian situation.
They called for “refraining from inflammatory hate speech and incitement to violence and divisiveness.” The Ethiopian government’s conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) began a year ago and has accelerated in recent days, with a nationwide state of emergency declared on Tuesday.
The TPLF controls the rebellious northern region of Tigray.
Together with rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), they were able to take control of a stretch of a strategically important highway and have started to advance on the capital Addis Ababa.
According to reports, the militias are also attempting to cut the supply route from the port in neighbouring Djibouti to Addis Ababa.
Since the beginning of August, the conflict has spread to the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara. The clashes have led to a serious humanitarian crisis in the north of the country.
The UN has said that some 7 million people in the north of Ethiopia are in dire need of food aid. Fuel stocks are also running critically low. The situation is exacerbated by the difficulties faced by commercial transporters to get to and from the region.
In their statement, the Security Council called for “the respect of international humanitarian law, for safe and unhindered humanitarian access, the re-establishment of public services, and further urged the scaling up of humanitarian assistance.”
New York
The UN Security Council has called for an end to the violence in Ethiopia, where a conflict between armed groups and the central government is worsening.
The UN’s most powerful body has demanded that the parties to the conflict negotiate a lasting ceasefire and create the conditions for the start of an inclusive national dialogue.
In addition, the statement agreed by the 15 council members expressed deep concern about the intensification of fighting and the deteriorating humanitarian situation.
They called for “refraining from inflammatory hate speech and incitement to violence and divisiveness.” The Ethiopian government’s conflict with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) began a year ago and has accelerated in recent days, with a nationwide state of emergency declared on Tuesday.
The TPLF controls the rebellious northern region of Tigray.
Together with rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), they were able to take control of a stretch of a strategically important highway and have started to advance on the capital Addis Ababa.
According to reports, the militias are also attempting to cut the supply route from the port in neighbouring Djibouti to Addis Ababa.
Since the beginning of August, the conflict has spread to the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara. The clashes have led to a serious humanitarian crisis in the north of the country.
The UN has said that some 7 million people in the north of Ethiopia are in dire need of food aid. Fuel stocks are also running critically low. The situation is exacerbated by the difficulties faced by commercial transporters to get to and from the region.
In their statement, the Security Council called for “the respect of international humanitarian law, for safe and unhindered humanitarian access, the re-establishment of public services, and further urged the scaling up of humanitarian assistance.”
