UN warns sexual violence being used as weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray region
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Thousands have died in fighting in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region. EDUARDO SOTERAS AFP/File
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The United Nations aid chief has told the Security Council that sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Ethiopia's Tigray. The US ambassador to the UN said Washington was "horrified by the reports of rape and other unspeakably cruel sexual violence" in the region, adding that Eritrean forces must be removed from Ethiopia "immediately".
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Mark Lowcock, the UN undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs, told the Security Council that there was no evidence of a promised withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the region. He said people were dying of hunger in the northern Tigray area, where the humanitarian situation has deteriorated and sexual violence is still being used as a weapon of war.