Addis Ababa: AS Samantha Power’s assistance has asked the rebel forces to “immediately” withdraw from two areas bordering Tigray Hit Ethiopian war, because conflict threatened to cover other parts of the country and humanitarian groups struggling to reach the cut-off population , Tigray has experienced humanitarian humanitarian crisis for months, with hundreds of thousands of people suffering from hunger, according to the United Nations, while access to assistance to the northern region remains fooled by delays and bureaucratic obstacles.
This situation changed to worse this week when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy The Ahmed government suspended two active assistance groups in Tigray, accusing them “disseminating information”.
Ethiopia said on Wednesday’s Dutch part of the doctor without limits, it was known by the French acronym of MSF, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) “has distributed incorrect information on social media and other platforms outside the mandate and objectives permitted by the organization operating.” The move triggered criticism from Washington, with the US ambassador to the United Nations called the “unacceptable” suspension.
“I know the job of @msf and @nrc_norway well, and they are respected internationally.
Ethiopia must reconsider this decision,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield on Twitter.
Tigray has been destroyed by violence since November, when Abiy sent troops to drop the Ruling Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in response to what he said was the attack by groups in federal army camps.
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner declared a victory within a few weeks after government forces took the capital of Tigray Mekele, but TPLF leaders remained in the runaway and fighting continues.
The war took an amazing change at the end of June when the pro-TPLF troops re-entered Mekele, Abiy stated that the unilateral ceasefire and soldiers were mostly pulled out of Tigray.
Since then rebels have launched a new attack on the area of Amhara and Afar who limits Tigray, moving tens of thousands of people.
Power, who visited Ethiopia, urged TPLF to “pull her army immediately” from Amhara and Afar.
“If help will reach people in need at #Tray, then all parties must end hostility.
There is no military solution for this conflict,” he wrote on Twitter Tuesday night.
“All parties must accelerate the provision of humanitarian assistance without obstacles to those affected by conflict.” The power also reaffirmed Washington’s request that Amhara’s forces withdrew from Western Tigray and Eritrean forces who reserved the Ethiopian military also left the region.
The US traditionally sees Ethiopia as an important partner in the interpreted African horn area, but the Biden government has been openly critical of the Tigray war.
In March, the Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the act of ethnic cleaning was taking place in West Tigray.
And in May he announced a visa restriction to Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of triggering conflict.
Abiy said his June weapons ceasefire was intended to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance, but assistance workers said the access was just as bad as before.
Jan Egeland, NRC Secretary General, has often been brought to Twitter to issue a Stark warning about the crisis, tweeting in February: “In 40 years (as) a humanity, I rarely see a response of the Help that is stressed.” Ethiopia said on Wednesday that the 157 trucks of humanitarian aid had reached Mekele, including goods from the UN and International Non-Governmental Organizations.
Not immediately clear whether the calculation included the previous 50 truck convoy which arrived in July.
UNICEF estimated last week that more than 100,000 children there could suffer the lack of acute nutrition that threatened the lives in the next 12 months – 10 annual average.
At the press conference on Tuesday in Addis Ababa, UN Humanitarian Head Martin Griffiths said 100 trucks needed to reach Tigray every day to meet the needs in the field.
Griffiths also condemned the accusation of “dangerous” by Ethiopian government officials that biased assistance workers supported – and even TPLF troops.
USAID’s head urged Tigray’s rebels to get out of the border area
