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New York: Alleged serious abuses and rights violations in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are to be investigated by the UN, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Thursday. more
Tigray crisis: Children must be protected from harm, urges UNICEF

New York: The situation for children in Tigray is becoming increasingly serious as the conflict in the northern Ethiopian region continues to escalate, according to the UN Children’ ...

Ethiopia: ‘Incomplete but troubling picture’ reveals impact of Tigray crisis on children

New York:Humanitarians are learning more about the dire situation of children in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where fighting continues between Government troops and regional forces of ...

Ethiopia: Government approves ‘first step’ towards Tigray emergency assistance

New York: UN agencies have received approval from the Ethiopian Government for 25 international staff to provide humanitarian assistance inside the country’s conflict-torn Tigray re ...

Aid agencies renew appeals for aid access to all areas in Ethiopia’s Tigray

New York: The UN renewed appeals on Friday for humanitarian access to all areas of Ethiopia’s troubled Tigray region to help people displaced fighting, forcing the most desperate to ...

Ethiopia: Safe access and swift action needed for refugees in Tigray

New York: The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed his deep concern over the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, including its impact on Eritr ...

UNHCR relocates victims of Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict to new site in Sudan

New York: A second refugee camp has opened in Sudan for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region carrying “little more than the clothes on their backs”, the U ...

25,000 refugees in unsettled Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies

New York: Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first time since mid-October ...

Tigray crisis: Humanitarian aid for children must be a priority, UNICEF says

New York: Providing aid to millions of children uprooted by the ongoing crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must be a priority, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said ...

Ethiopia: UN refugee agency calls for ‘unfettered access’ to Tigray

New York: Amidst “disturbing reports” from Ethiopians fleeing to Sudan, the UN refugee agency called on Friday for “unfettered access to Tigray in order to reach people ...