Nearly six months after the eruption of fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations Security Council has issued its first joint statement on the continuing crisis, expressing “deep concern” about allegations of human rights violations, including reports of sexual violence against women and girls.© The United Nations says 4,000 people were crossing into Sudan from Ethiopia every day since the conf… The conflict in the northern region has displaced hundreds of thousands of people [Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters]The 15-member body on Thursday also called for “a scaled-up humanitarian response and unfettered humanitarian access” to address humanitarian needs, including for people in the embattled region who are in need of food assistance.