Thousands of people have been killed in the two-year conflict, which officially ended in November 2022, with both sides accusing each other of violence, the report said on September 18.
Soldiers of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces patrol in the Wichale region, northern Ethiopia. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
UN experts say war crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia nearly a year after the government and rebel forces in the East African nation's Tigray region agreed to end fighting.
Thousands of people were killed in the two-year conflict, which officially ended in November 2022, according to a report on September 18. Both sides accused each other of violence.
In a statement accompanying the report, Mohamed Chande Othman, chairman of the Ethiopian Commission of Experts on Human Rights , said: “Although the signing of the agreement may significantly reduce fighting, it will not resolve the conflict in northern Ethiopia , especially in the Tigray region, nor will it bring about any comprehensive peace .”
Mr. Othman also stressed that the situation in Ethiopia remains extremely serious.
Conflict in the Tigray region broke out in November 2020 between the Ethiopian Federal Government Army and forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) that controls the region.
The conflict has killed thousands of people and forced more than two million to flee their homes. The United Nations has warned that the new conflict could push hundreds of thousands of people into severe food shortages./.
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