Radar | Dec 19,2021
The United States government has called for the UN Security Council to convene to discuss what its Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, described as "daily carnage" in the Tigray Regional State of Ethiopia.
Not a single meeting has taken place among Security Council members since the war in Tigray began in November last year, despite the humanitarian toll and a series of reports of killings, rape and wanton destruction. The United States and the European Commission have been pushing for the Council to adopt the humanitarian crisis as an agenda, but have been frustrated by countries such as China and Russia.
"It's truly shocking," said Samanta Power, head of USAID, who spoke at a virtual meeting organised ahead of the G7 leaders summit scheduled tomorrow. "We go down in history as a shameful period."
Sponsored by the European Commission, the virtual meeting, is the first high pitched global summit that zoomed in on the war and humanitarian toll in Tigray.
The panellists, including Janez Lenarcic, EU commissioner for Crisis Management, and Jutta Urpilaninen, commissioner for International Partnerships, emphasised the message that the crisis in Tigray is human-made, hence avoidable. But they insisted that the attention the world has given is insufficient and blamed the Ethiopian government as an obstructionist.
Close to 300,000 people are feared to have faced famine in Tigray, and more than one million people are unreachable for humanitarian emergency assistance, international aid organisations urge.
"There is famine now," says Mark Lowcock, chief of UNOCHA.
These are allegations Ethiopian authorities deny, in a statement they issued a day before the virtual session being conducted today.
The transatlantic alliance is urging for a global united front in response to the unfolding events in Tigray.
"What happens in Ethiopia does not stay within Ethiopia," said Commissioner Urpilainen.
PUBLISHED ON
Jun 10,2021 [ VOL
22 , NO
1102]
Editorial | Oct 10,2020
View From Arada | May 25,2019
Fortune News | May 23,2021
Exclusive Interviews | Apr 22,2022
Fortune News | Jul 03,2021
Dec 22 , 2024 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW
Charged with transforming colossal state-owned enterprises into modern and competitiv...
Aug 18 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO
Although predictable Yonas Zerihun's job in the ride-hailing service is not immune to...
Jul 28 , 2024 . By TIZITA SHEWAFERAW
Unhabitual, perhaps too many, Samuel Gebreyohannes, 38, used to occasionally enjoy a couple of beers at breakfast. However, he recently swit...
Jul 13 , 2024 . By AKSAH ITALO
Investors who rely on tractors, trucks, and field vehicles for commuting, transporting commodities, and f...
May 3 , 2025
Pensioners have learned, rather painfully, the gulf between a figure on a passbook an...
Apr 26 , 2025
Benjamin Franklin famously quipped that “nothing is certain but death and taxes....
Apr 20 , 2025
Mufariat Kamil, the minister of Labour & Skills, recently told Parliament that he...
Apr 13 , 2025
The federal government will soon require one year of national service from university...
Loading your updates...