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Ethiopian national forces are meeting heavy resistance and face a protracted “war of attrition” in the northern region of Tigray, a confidential United Nations assessment reveals.
Though officials in Addis Ababa, the capital, have repeatedly claimed that key towns have been secured, paramilitaries and militia deployed by the army are still struggling to clear and secure territory. Heavily armed regular troops have continued to advance into Tigray as they rush to reach the capital, Mekelle, the assessment says.
The UN document and more than a dozen interviews with aid workers from other international organisations give the most comprehensive overview so far of the fighting, and will deepen international concerns that the two-week-old conflict threatens to become a long and brutal battle, destabilising one of Africa’s most fragile regions.
Attacks on Health Care Monthly News Brief - November 2020
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
31 October 2020: In Lisasa village, Beni territory, North Kivu province,
ADF fighters ransacked a health centre as part of a wider assault in the
area during which 21 people were killed and others kidnapped. Source:
Vanguard
07 November 2020: In the Kamayi area, Kananga city, Kasaï-Central
province, a health centre was ransacked by the family members of a
patient who died after a medical intervention. The perpetrators stole
medical equipment and supplies from the centre, as well as furniture.
Source: Radio Okapi
Ethiopia
From 04 November 2020 onwards: In Mekelle city and special zone,
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Ethiopian Bankers’ Association (EBA) has donated over 200 million Birr, the largest sum which has so far been provided by a single entity, for the victorious Ethiopian Defense Forces (ENDF) and for the rehabilitation of displaced people due to unrest.
EBA’s President Abe Sano handed the stated sum for ENDF Foreign Relations Head, Colonel Yunus Mulu.
Attending the event as a guest of honor, Addis Ababa City Administration Deputy Mayor Adanech Abebe expressed appreciation for the noble contribution member banks of the EBA have made to support government’s law enforcement operation.
All the 16 privately-owned banks as well as the state-run financial giant, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) and government’s policy bank, Development Bank of Ethiopia (DBE) are taking part in the support.
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