Ethiopia conflict ‘spiralling out of control’: UN
Ethiopia’s five-week conflict has ‘appalling impact on civilians’, UN rights chief says, demanding access to cut-off areas.
![Ethiopian refugees who fled the Tigray conflict receive food at the Border Reception Centre in Hamdayet, eastern Sudan [Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8WQ7LH.jpg?resize=770%2C513)
9 Dec 2020
Ethiopia’s situation is “spiralling out of control with appalling impact on civilians” and urgently needs outside monitoring, the United Nations human rights chief warned on Wednesday.
Ethiopia, however, rejected calls for independent investigations into the deadly fighting in its Tigray region saying it “doesn’t need a babysitter”.