Ethiopia under investigations over war crimesNEW YORK - Ethiopia will now have to have a serious investigative agency from the United Nations over the war against humanity in the country, which has been struggling with instability for the last year. Ethiopia lashed out at what it called a "neocolonialist mentality" following the EU-led effort to have a special session of the UN Human Rights Council called to address war crimes that may have occurred in Ethiopia. Nada al-Nashif, the UN deputy high commissioner for human rights, told the session Friday, "Our office continues to receive credible reports of severe human rights violations and abuses by all parties." A report released last month that was a joint investigation between Ethiopia's Human Rights Commission and the UN's Human Rights Office was viewed as insufficient by Western observers. Somalia, which is a close ally of Ethiopia, voted against the resolution, in what could shape the politics of the Horn of Africa nation.

Source: Ethiopian News December 18, 2021 22:06 UTC