EU urges unrestricted access to Tigray
Following a meeting with the Ethiopian government the European Union’s Foreign Policy chief has called for humanitarian access throughout the conflict-hit Tigray region.
Aid agencies have been allowed to visit some areas in recent weeks but not the entire region where the military has been fighting TPLF regional forces.
The United Nations has described the picture in Tigray as dire with looting and food shortages.
The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said unrestricted humanitarian access to the Tigray region must be granted.
He said this was not a request to the Ethiopian government but was a requirement under international law.
The UN says it’s been denied access to two camps for Eritrean refugees.
Satellite images show that structures in the camps have been destroyed – including a World Food Programme building.
Now a military commander has admitted soldiers from Eritrea have been fighting in Ethiopia. There are numerous allegations that these troops have been committing abuses.
But by keeping people out it seems the government in Addis Ababa is trying to ensure some aspects of this war are hidden.
