‘Alarming’ Tigray humanitarian conditions EU warns
The European Union says there has been an “alarming” deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region following the resumption of full-scale war between the federal government and rebel forces last month.
The EU’s commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarcic, said the situation was terrible before the fighting escalated, with Ethiopia experiencing its worst drought in more than four decades.
Aid workers say at least six people were killed by air strikes in a town near the Eritrean border earlier this week.
Satellite images have shown what appears to be a significant build up of military hardware on both sides of Ethiopia’s northern border with Eritrea.
