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The Ethiopian parliament has stripped 39 members, including the president of the Tigray region, Debrecion Gebimichael, of immunity from prosecution, according to Ethiopia’s official news agency.
The agency added that Getachew Rida, a senior official with the Popular Liberation Front, which fights against federal forces, also lost immunity.
The Ethiopian federal government decided, as reported Thursday by Kenyan Defense Minister Yadita’s official media, to establish a “transitional administration” in the parts of the federal forces controlled by the Tigray region.
The minister indicated that authorities would bring the ruling “criminal junta” in Tigray to justice “at any time”, urging local forces to surrender.
On Thursday, the Tigray Regional Government television station declared a state of emergency to deal with what it called an “invasion,” at a time when federal forces announced progress in the week-long conflict.
“Now it is necessary to declare a state of emergency to defend our people and our sovereignty from the invasion of strangers,” the station quoted the regional authority as saying in a statement.
What did Abi Ahmed say?
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that a military strike “liberated” the western part of Tigray, where federal forces have been fighting local forces for a week.
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“The western region of Tigray was liberated. The army is now providing support and humanitarian aid in those liberated areas. It is feeding the people,” he wrote on Twitter.
With the region isolated from the outside world, there was no way to verify these reports from neutral sources, nor was there an immediate response from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which rules the northern state of more than five million people.
Ahmed accused his opponents of crimes and atrocities.
Airstrikes and ground battles have killed hundreds, according to the Reuters news agency, and have pushed refugees into Sudan and sparked ethnic divisions in the country.
Abe accuses the MILF of starting the conflict by attacking a federal military base and challenging its authority, while the Tigrayans say their two-year government persecuted them.
My father added that some of his soldiers were found dead in the town of Shiraro, who had been shot and had their legs and arms tied behind their backs. “This kind of cruelty is heartbreaking and the goal is to destroy Ethiopia,” he said.
He said the TPLF crossed the “red line” and attacked two federal military bases, which the LTTE denies.
The front reportedly accused the federal forces of being “ruthless” in bombing the Tigrayans.
Tigray has been suffering a communication cut-off since the start of the military operation on November 4, making it difficult to verify the situation on the ground where the two sides are fighting.
What does the United Nations say?
The United Nations Office of Humanitarian Affairs warned in a report released Wednesday that the lack of access to relief in Tigray means that “food, health and other emergency supplies cannot reach the area.”
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The TPLF previously pledged not to comply with federal government orders.
He also indicated “the growing interest in protecting civilians from hostilities.”
The United Nations says it is concerned that civilians are not protected in Tigray.
It adds that aid agencies cannot restock food and health supplies for those caught up in the fighting.
Sudan says at least 11,000 people have fled Tigray so far.
Reports indicate a shortage of commodities, “hitting the most vulnerable first.”
Reuters quoted the representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Anne Encounter, as saying that negotiations are under way with the two sides to open humanitarian corridors.
And he warned that a “major emergency” could form as many people flee to Sudan.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is still resisting calls from the United Nations and the African Union for a ceasefire and talks.
