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The United Nations on Thursday alleged possible crimes against humanity in Ethiopia’s Tigray region including by Eritrean troops, as it urged a withdrawal by the neighbouring country, which denies involvement. The UN also warned of potentially catastrophic hunger as it pleaded for urgent humanitarian access, but divisions at the UN Security Council stopped the international community from showing a united front. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres joined calls for the Eritrean troops to leave Tigray, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Thursday, while the UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, is urging an investigation into the situation. A week after Amnesty International said that Eritrean troops killed hundreds of people there, Bachelet said her office had corroborated information about incidents including indiscriminate shelling in the regional capital of Mekelle and the towns of Humera and Adigrat in November when Ethiopia launched an offensive.

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