{"id":3186,"date":"2021-02-26T19:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2021-02-26T19:00:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T19:00:51","slug":"eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities","title":{"rendered":"EU CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>The European Union (EU) called for immediate cessation of hostilities to end the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray regional state. In a joint Statement by HR\/VP Borrell and Commissioner Lenar\u010di\u010d <a href=\"https:\/\/addisstandard.com\/news-amnesty-documents-potential-crime-against-humanity-war-crime-committed-by-eritrean-forces-in-the-sacred-city-of-axum\/\">on massacres in Axum<\/a>, the EU said \u201d this is another harrowing reminder of the violence that civilians in Tigray have been suffering since the onset of the conflict.\u201d The EU also called for an \u201cimmediate, full and unfettered access to the whole of Tigray for all humanitarian actors and the media allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ethiopia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ethiopia<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amnesty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@amnesty<\/a> documents potential crime against humanity, war crime committed by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eritrean?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eritrean<\/a> forces in the sacred city of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Axum?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Axum<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5SNv5FkXb\">https:\/\/t.co\/e5SNv5FkXb<\/a> Eritrean soldiers entered the city from the east in trucks &amp; tanks then went on a rampage, shooting at civilian men &amp; youths<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Addis Standard (@addisstandard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/addisstandard\/status\/1365215793378639874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<article class=\"vw-main-post clearfix post-18756 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-human-rights category-ethiopia-crisis category-tigray-regional-state category-diplomacy category-news-alert category-armed-conflict-in-tigray category-humanitarian-crisis-in-tigray category-africa category-europe\">\n<div class=\"vw-post-content clearfix\">\n<p>The Ethiopian government has granted seven international media to travel to Tigray this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanabc.com\/english\/broadcasting-authority-urges-intl-journalists-in-tigray-to-respect-law\/\">week and urged them<\/a>\u00a0\u201cto report accurately and truthfully as well as professionally.\u201d Permission is grated to AFP, Al Jazeera, New York Times, France 24, Reuters, BBC, and Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>In<a href=\"https:\/\/eeas.europa.eu\/headquarters\/headquarters-homepage\/93875\/tigray-conflict-joint-statement-hrvp-borrell-and-commissioner-lenar%C4%8Di%C4%8D-massacres-axum_en\">\u00a0its statement the EU condemned<\/a>, \u201cin the strongest possible terms, all crimes against civilians and call for the perpetrators to be swiftly brought to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recall the obligation under International Humanitarian Law for all parties to ensure the protection of all civilians, including refugees and those internally displaced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement further said that since the outbreak of the conflict more than 100 days ago, \u201cthousands of civilians have lost their lives and reportedly 80% of the population remain cut off from external assistance, facing rising food insecurity and malnutrition. The level of suffering endured by civilians, including children, is appalling. This must cease immediately. Full access is essential to assess the situation on the ground and provide adequate protection and assistance to those who desperately need it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On February 23, EU appointed envoy Pekka Haavisto, Finnish minister for foreign affairs, told the media after his trip to Ethiopia that the Ethiopian\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/eu-envoy-says-ethiopia-in-denial-over-tigray-99229\">government is in \u201cdenial\u201d\u00a0<\/a>over the scale of the crisis in Tigray. \u201cIn the public domain, there is still also some kind of denial of the magnitude of the problems in the country,\u201d FM Haavisto said. He also said that the conflict is \u201cout of control\u201d and what the EU needs \u201cfrom the Ethiopian government is the greenlight to the humanitarian community to negotiate access to the Eritrean-controlled areas, to the opposition-controlled areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press-Ethiopia The European Union (EU) called for immediate cessation of hostilities to end the ongoing armed conflict in Tigray regional state. In a joint Statement by HR\/VP Borrell and Commissioner Lenar\u010di\u010d on massacres in Axum, the EU said \u201d this is another harrowing reminder of the violence that civilians in Tigray have been suffering since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[241,57],"class_list":["post-3186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press-ethiopia","tag-eu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>EU CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa-Press-EthiopiaThe European Union (EU) called for immediate cessation of hostilities to end the ongoing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"EU CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press-EthiopiaThe European Union (EU) called for immediate cessation of hostilities to end the ongoing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-26T19:00:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/02\/OFC-members-555x278-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"555\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"278\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"EU CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-02-26T19:00:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\"},\"wordCount\":384,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2021\/02\/OFC-members-555x278-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa-Press Ethiopia\",\"EU\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/eu-calls-for-immediate-cessation-of-hostilities\",\"name\":\"EU CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES - 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