"ETHIOPIA"

UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said humanitarian access to northern Ethiopia “remains challenging,” and noted that avoiding violence in the country would require “all those involved to engage in a political dialogue instead of a weapons dialogue.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A UN humanitarian flight bound for embattled Ethiopia’s Tigray region that departed Addis Ababa this morning was forced to turn back in the midst of its flight, following the airstrikes on Mekele, the Tigray’s regional capital, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarians Affairs (OCHA). UNIFEED

Gemma Connell, Head of OCHA's Regional Office for Southern and Eastern Africa, briefs reporters on the situation in Ethiopia.

A UN spokesperson described the situation in northern Ethiopia as “unpredictable and volatile,” adding that humanitarians are “alarmed by the intensification of conflict.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric said, “alarming reports” from Ethiopia indicate that aerial attacks took place this morning in the residential areas of Tigray’s capital Mekelle. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.