International aid groups said on Friday that at least four workers had been killed in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
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The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) said that its three employees who were killed last month had worked as guards at a project site. “Unfortunately, due to the lack of communication and ongoing insecurity in the region, it has not yet been possible to reach their families,” it said.
Separately, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said they were still working to confirm the events “that led to our colleague’s killing” at Hitsat’s refugee camp in Shire.
The Tigray region remains largely cut off from the rest of the world as troubled humanitarian organizations warn of growing hunger, attacks on refugees and declining medicine and other necessities more than a month after fighting broke out between the Ethiopian government and the now-fledged Tigray after a month-long struggle. . for force.
The conflict in Tigray began when Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deployed troops last month to put down an uprising by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a regional political organization. TPLF had long dominated Ethiopian politics, but since taking office in 2018, Abiy has been at odds with the elites in Tigray. Both sides have reported bloodshed, but an internet shutdown and blocked phone lines make it difficult to get a feel for what is happening on the ground in Tigray.
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