Envoys working on plan for humanitarian access to stricken Tigray region and a ceasefire as UN warns of spiralling civil war
Demonstrators hold a protest to denounce the United States stance on the conflict in Ethiopia, outside the White House in Washington, US on November 8 2021. Picture: REUTERS/EVELYN HOCKSTEIN
Speaking from Ethiopia, Obasanjo said that by the end of the week “we hope to have a programme in hand that will indicate” how they can achieve humanitarian access and a withdrawal of troops that satisfies all the parties. The UN estimates 400,000 people in the northern region of Tigray are living in famine-like conditions after a year of war.
Taye Atske Selassie Amde, Ethiopias ambassador to the UN, told the Security Council: “Our route to a dialogue and political solution will not be straightforward or easy. For now we’re focused on halting TPLF and rescuing and reaching our public that suffered immensely.”The war has intensified in recent weeks. Tigrayan forces and their allies are threatening to march on Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, while the government has declared a six-month state of emergency.
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