Amhara Fano militia fighters walk in the ransacked terminal at the Lalibela airport in Lalibela, on December 7, 2021. Residents of Lalibela, a city in northern Ethiopia home to storied medieval rock-hewn churches, are reeling from the recent occupation by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) insurgent group. (Solan Kolli / AFP)(AFP) - The United Nations Human Rights Council is expected to host a special session on the civil war in Ethiopia this week, following an urgent request from the European Union. "The Human Rights Council has to stand up to its responsibilities." The call comes after UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet's office and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission determined in a joint report last month that there was evidence of "serious abuses" by all sides in the conflict, saying some violations may amount to crimes against humanity.

Source: Ethiopian News December 13, 2021 16:08 UTC