South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the envoys were in Addis Ababa 'with a view to helping to mediate between the parties to conflict'. — Reuters pic
The envoys were due to meet Abiy at 11 a.m. , Redwan Hussein, spokesman of the government’s State of Emergency Task Force for the Tigray conflict, said. Thousands of people are already believed to have died amid air strikes and ground fighting since the war began on Nov. 4. The U.N. estimates 1.1 million Ethiopians will need aid as a result of the conflict.
With phone and internet connections shut off to the region and access to the area tightly controlled, verifying claims by all sides has been impossible.There was no indication that the Ethiopian military had entered the city of Mekelle. The TPLF has previously said it was digging trenches around the city. Reuters was unable to verify those claims.
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, said such efforts were not akin to protecting civilians from harm. Tigrayans, who make up about 6% of Ethiopia’s 115 million-strong population, dominated the government until Abiy took power two years ago.
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