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Tigray crisis: Children must be protected from harm, urges UNICEF (UN News)
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians have been displaced by the ongoing conflict in the Tigray region.
19 March 2021
The situation for children in Tigray is becoming increasingly serious as the conflict in the northern Ethiopian region continues to escalate, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
In a statement UNICEF said it was ‘deeply concerned’ that in the five months since fighting began between forces loyal to regional power brokers the TPLF, and national Government troops, children’s access to basic social services is being eroded.
“Schools and health centres have been looted, vandalised and occupied by armed forces and groups”, Executive Director Henrietta Fore said