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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>At least 16 United Nations local employees have been detained in Ethiopia\u2019s capital, with a government spokesman saying they were held for their \u201cparticipation in terror act\u201d under the state of emergency as the country\u2019s year-long war escalates. All the detained staffers are Tigrayan, a humanitarian worker told The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.<\/p>\n

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the UN was given no reason for the detentions, but Tigrayans have reported widespread detentions in Addis Ababa since the state of emergency was declared, saying people are being picked up on the basis of their ethnicity alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are being detained in facilities against their will,\u201d Mr Dujarric told reporters.<\/p>\n

He said another six staff members were held but then released, and a number of employees\u2019 dependents have also been detained. The UN has asked Ethiopia\u2019s foreign ministry for their immediate release.<\/p>\n

Government spokesman Legesse Tulu said the detentions occurred \u201cbecause of their wrongdoing and their participation in a terror act\u201d, without giving details. He said the situation has no connection \u201cwith their office and job\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia\u2019s government has said it is detaining people suspected of supporting the rival Tigray forces who have been fighting the government for the past year.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission this week noted with concern the new wave of arrests \u201cappeared to be based on ethnicity\u201d and included older adults and mothers with children. The AP has confirmed the people detained included priests, monks and other clergy in the Ethiopian Orthodox church.<\/p>\n

Envoys from the African Union and the United States are trying to encourage an immediate ceasefire by Ethiopia\u2019s government and the Tigray forces who long dominated the national government before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed came to power in 2018.<\/p>\n

The government earlier this year declared the Tigray fighters a terrorist group. The AU envoy on Monday said he sees a small \u201cwindow of opportunity\u201d as the warring sides agree a political solution is required.<\/p>\n

But Ethiopia\u2019s UN ambassador said reaching a solution would not be easy, since there is the government on one side and a \u201ccriminal group\u201d on the other. Thousands of people have been killed in the year-long war, thousands have been detained and millions have been displaced.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people in the Tigray region face famine conditions under a government blockade meant to deny food, medicine and other aid from potentially reaching rebel forces.<\/p>\n

Ethiopia\u2019s government last month expelled seven UN staffers from the country, accusing them without evidence of falsely inflating the scale of the crisis.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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