Eyewitnesses and aid workers say allies of Ethiopia’s military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in the beleaguered Tigray region.
Allies of Ethiopia’s military are looting property and carrying out mass detentions in Tigray despite a truce between the Ethiopian government and opposing local forces, according to eyewitnesses and aid workers.warring parties signed a cease-fire deal
Several young people have been kidnapped by Eritrean troops in Shire, the aid workers said. One said he saw “more than 300” youths being rounded up by Ethiopian troops in several waves of mass detentions after the capture of Shire, home to a large number of internally displaced people. Both the Alamata resident and the former regional official, like some others who spoke to AP, requested anonymity because of safety concerns as well as fear of reprisals.
Eritrea was not mentioned in the text of the cease-fire deal. The absence of Eritrea from cease-fire negotiations had raised questions about whether the country’s repressive government, which has long considered Tigray authorities a threat, would respect the agreement. Tigrai Television, a regional broadcaster based in the Tigrayan capital of Mekele, reported Nov. 19 that Eritrean soldiers had killed 63 civilians, including 10 children, in an area called Egela in central Tigray. That report cited witnesses including one who said affected communities were being prevented from burying their dead.More than 350,000 people face famine in Ethiopia, the United Nations says. It is not just that people are starving; it is that many are being starved.
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