Arthur Greene
Kuqopheke umlando ngesikhathi izinhlangothi ezimbili lezilwayo e-Ethiopia ziveza izinhlelo zazo zokubeka phansi izikhali.
Amavukelambuso ase-Tigray amemezele ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi avumelene “ngokuqeda ingxabano” ngokuqeda impi ngokushesha.
Amavukelambuso athe “azimisele ngokuqeda ukulwa ngokushesha,” esitatimendeni esithunyelwe kwa-AFP.
Lokhu kuza ngemuva kokuthi uMengameli u-Abiy Ahmed ememezele “isivumelwano sobuntu” esimangazayo ngoLwesine, ethi “singavula indlela yokuxazululwa kwengxabano enyakatho ye-Ethiopia ngaphandle kokuchitheka kwegazi.”
Selokhu kuqale impi ngoLwezi ngo-2020, balinganiselwa ku-500,000 abantu asebelahlekelwe izimpilo zabo, iningi labo libulawa indlala, ngokocwaningo olwenziwe i-Ghent University e-Belgium.
Ezinyangeni ezingu-17 ezedlule, bekunokuvinjelwa, okwavimba cishe lonke usizo lokusiza abantu ukuthi lufinyelele kubantu base-Tigray abangu-7 million.
I-UN ibike ukuthi emalolini angu-438 athunyelwe e-Tigray ukuhambisa usizo phakathi kukaNtulikazi noMandulo ngo-2021, angu-38 kuphela abuyile.
Kusukela ngoZibandlela, awekho amaloli asevunyelwe ukungena endaweni evaliwe, ngokusho kwemibiko ye- The Guardian.
I-UN manje ikholelwa ukuthi abantu abangu-5 million, kuhlanganisa nezingane ezingu-500,000, manje babhekene nendlala futhi badinga ukudla ngokushesha. Abantu abangaphezu kwabangu-9 million enyakatho ye-Ethiopia badinga usizo lokudla.
I-UN, iMelika, i-European Union, i-African Union kanye ne-China bonke basishayele ihlombe isivumelwano sokuthula.
“Sekuphele izinsuku ezimbili kumenyezelwe lesi sivumelwano, kodwa alukho usizo oseluvunyelwe ukungena e-Tigray.”