Ethiopia, UN alarm: over 500 young people kidnapped in Tigray. Armed forces hold them in military camps

The UN affirms the kidnapping by the Ethiopian armed forces of over 500 young women and men in the regional state of Tigrè, where a civil conflict has been going on for over six months. The young people are detained in military camps, specifies the UN quoted via Twitter by the Emirati broadcaster Al Arabiya.
The area, highly unstable, worries the UN: “There is a serious risk of famine within two months” if aid is not increased, the UN deputy secretary general for humanitarian aid, Mark Lowcock, reported in a note addressed to the Security Council. “Concrete measures are urgently needed to break the vicious circle of conflict, violence and food insecurity”, wrote Lowcock, who urged the Security Council and all the member countries of the United Nations, “to take every possible step to ensure that famine is averted “in the region where fighting continues after the offensive launched two months ago by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. According to Lowcock, the situation today compromises the ability to feed for 20% of the inhabitants of Tigrè.
Joe Biden also made his voice heard yesterday: “I am deeply concerned about the escalation of violence and ethnic divisions in many parts of Ethiopia. The abuses of human rights that are taking place in Tigray, including sexual violence, are unacceptable and must stop ”. Then the invitation to the parties involved to commit themselves to «dialogue. By working together it is possible to build a shared vision for the country’s political future and lay the foundations for sustainable economic growth and prosperity ”.