United Nations Secretary General António Guterres says a military confrontation that started 10 months ago in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region is spreading with serious implications for the country and the region.
Guterres told the UN Security Council in New York that Ethiopia’s unity and the region’s stability were at stake.
Outlining the severity of the situation, the UN chief said the military frontlines in Tigray had reached the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions.
The Ethiopian government’s 28 June declaration of a unilateral ceasefire and withdrawal of the National Defence Forces from Mekelle have not led to a comprehensive ceasefire.
Tigray remains under a de-facto humanitarian blockade and cut off from electricity and communications, the UN chief informed the council members.
Guterres said that actors in Ethiopia had entered the fight through mass mobilisation and the activation of regional and armed groups.
