The UN Security Council will meet on Thursday, April 15, in New York at the request of the United States to review the situation in Tigray province in northern Ethiopia. Diplomats will try to find a common position after learning that a new massacre involving the Eritrean army took place last Monday.
Two issues are on the agenda of the UN Security Council meeting to discuss the situation in Ethiopia: access to civilian assistance, first but also the announced withdrawal of the Eritrean army from Tigray.
However, this time, there is no indication that agreement can be reached. Since the outbreak of the conflict in November, Council members have never been able to agree. At the last meeting, on March 3, Russia and China refused to sign a joint text, given that the conflict was an Ethiopian “internal affair”.
A new death condemned by Amnesty
Thursday’s meeting, however, is taking place as many testimonies suggest that, contrary to the Ethiopian government’s announcements, Eritrean troops are still fighting in the province. Amnesty International also condemned on Thursday morning a new murder committed last Monday by Eritrean soldiers on the streets of Adoua.
On board trucks that crossed the city, eyewitnesses said they opened fire for no apparent reason, killing or injuring many passers-by. This information was also confirmed at noon by the Tigray interim authorities, which provoked a death toll of nine, confirming that the Ethiopian Federal Army had to intervene to stop the assassination.
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