United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres sounded the alarm this week about escalating tensions in Ethiopia's Tigray region, warning of potential renewed conflict just three years after a landmark peace deal. 🔥
Fresh clashes reported in recent days threaten to undo fragile progress made since the 2022 Pretoria agreement that ended Africa's deadliest modern war. Guterres urged all parties to 'rebuild trust' and fully implement peace terms, stressing 'the risk of a return to wider conflict' could devastate communities still recovering from displacement and famine.
The Tigray conflict, which began in 2020, pitted Ethiopia's federal government against forces aligned with the Tigray People's Liberation Front. While fighting formally ceased in late 2022, reconstruction has lagged and political tensions remain high. 💔
UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq confirmed Guterres is coordinating with the African Union to stabilize the region, emphasizing: 'Recent gains remain vulnerable – we cannot lose this chance for lasting peace.' 🌱
With over 5 million people still needing humanitarian aid in northern Ethiopia according to UN data, global observers fear new violence could trigger another crisis. Stay tuned as this developing story unfolds. 📰
