Ethiopia's civil war could fuel a new EU refugee drama, amid "out of control" violence, Finland's foreign minister has warned. Haavisto spoke after visiting the Um Rakuba refugee camp in Sudan, near the Ethiopian border, as well as Addis Ababa between 7 and 11 February in his role as an EU special envoy. "In the public domain [in Ethiopia], there's still also some kind of denial of the magnitude of the problems," he said. Haavisto briefed EU foreign ministers, EU aid commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, crisis-management commissioner Janez Lenarčič, and the UN, as well as media in the past two days. Germany pledged €353m in aid to Ethiopia before the Tigray war broke out last year.

Source: Ethiopian News February 24, 2021 06:23 UTC