Ethiopia - Access Snapshot - Tigray region (As of 31 March 2021)
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Humanitarian partners access to Tigray improved in March, with the replacement of the previous clearance process for the deployment of international aid workers at the Federal level with a new flexible notification system and further flexibility in the movement of relief cargo to the region. Despite these marked improvements, access to large areas continues to be impeded by insecurity, and the humanitarian response remains limited, particularly in rural hard-to-reach areas.
Five months since the start of the conflict, the population in rural areas (80 percent before the conflict), including those living in major towns in the North-Western such as Sheraro, Zana, Endabaguna and the whole Western zone, continue to lack access to essential services such as electricity, health, water and sanitation, and education.
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Special Report: Health official alleges âsexual slaveryâ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
By Katharine Houreld
Reuters
ADIGRAT, Ethiopia (Reuters) - The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.
Doctors showed Reuters the bloodstained stone and two 3-inch nails they said they had removed from her body.
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The young mother was trying to get home with food for her two children when she says soldiers pulled her off a minibus in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, claiming it was overloaded.
It was the beginning of an 11-day ordeal in February, during which she says she was repeatedly raped by 23 soldiers who forced nails, a rock and other items into her vagina, and threatened her with a knife.
Health official alleges sexual slavery in Tigray trust.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from trust.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.