UN orders probe into Tigray war abuses despite rejections from Ethiopia

UN Human Rights Council votes to launch an international investigation into alleged abuses in Ethiopia, despite protests from Addis Ababa

The Human Rights Council held a largely virtual one-day session on the conflict between Ethiopian government forces and fighters from the country’s Tigray region.

The vote on the resolution was 21 states in favour, 15 against including China and Russia, with 11 abstentions at the 47-member forum in Geneva on Friday. Ethiopia and the African Group of countries had called in the debate for its rejection, but several African countries including Senegal and Sudan broke ranks and abstained, the tally showed.

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