Ethiopia on Tuesday rejected a report by U.N. investigators that accused Addis Ababa of possible ongoing crimes against humanity in its war-torn Tigray region, including using starvation as a weapon. "We have reasonable grounds to believe it amounts to a crime against humanity," she said on Monday following the release of the report, the commission's first. On Tuesday, the TPLF accused Eritrean forces of launching a "full-scale offensive" across northern Ethiopia, where heavy combat has been reported on multiple fronts in recent weeks. Access to northern Ethiopia is severely restricted, and Tigray has been under a communications blackout for more than a year. "The presence of Eritrean troops in Ethiopia only serves to complicate matters and inflame an already tragic situation."

Source: Ethiopian News September 21, 2022 02:02 UTC