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Sexual violence is present whenever conflict erupts, according to the UN. Adolescent girls are particularly at risk. Survivors trudge on, though, amid a shocking increase in sexual crimes committed as weapons of war.
Amina Mohammed met with the Ethiopian women facing some of the most horrifying consequences of the Tigray conflict. Their accounts, she said, left her near tears.
The decision, which must be ratified by lawmakers, highlights the government s renewed confidence after Tigray People s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters retreated to their home region last month, though hostilities continue in some parts of northern Ethiopia.
The war broke out in November 2020 when Abiy sent troops into Ethiopia s northernmost region of Tigray to topple the TPLF, accusing them of attacking army camps.