Addis Ababa: More than 7,000 schools have been damaged as a result of a growing conflict in Ethiopia, the Minister of Education said, with 1.42 million students unable to attend classes in the Tigray area which is torn war.
Northern Ethiopia has been destroyed by violence since November, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops to Tigray to overthrow the People’s Liberation Front Tigray (TPLF), the party of regional orders, said that the move came in response to attacks against army camps.
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The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner promises a quick victory, but the war has been going on for months, triggering a humanitarian crisis in Tigray, while rebels have pushed into neighboring and Amhara regions.
“As a result of warless war #TPLF in Northern #ethopia in Tigray, Ahar and Amhara, more than 7,000 schools have been fully damaged,” Minister of Education Minister Mekuria said Monday on his official Twitter account.
“More than 1.42 million students have come out of school (at #Tray) or will leave school (at Afar, Amhara),” he added, called the development of “very sad”.
There is no direct response from TPLF to claims, which cannot be independently verified.
When conflicts have deepened, victims of humanity have soared, with assistance workers struggling to reach the cut-off population and 400,000 people face conditions such as hunger in Tigray, according to the United Nations.
Last Thursday, the UN Humanitarian Agent Ocha said the flow of aid to Tigray almost stopped since August 20, without trucks that were able to enter the region.
“Food assistance stocks run out, and the new food distribution has stopped, in addition to the area where supplies have been sent and on the way,” Ocha said in a brief note.
Because the conflict erupted, the Abiy government and Tigrayan rebels had traded blame this problem, with each party accusing the other blocking the aid convoy and encouraging the population to despair to hunger.
Earlier this month, US Samantha assistance accused Ethiopia to block humanitarian access to the region, a spokesman for Abiy’s claim was rejected.
According to Ocha, more than 5.2 million people need food supplies in Tigray while more than 300,000 people are now estimated to be neglected in Afar and Amhara.