Tigray - essay type
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Resolution Within The Government of Ethiopia
In Tigray, Ethiopia people are wondering what is to come . Ever since Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed sent the most powerful military in Africa into the country’s northern territory no mercy has been shown to the residents of Tigray. The deployment of the military was a tactical move to eliminate The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
The TPLF attacked government offices in early November, as restitution for these attacks Ahmed unleashed the Eritrean army. Military officials entered the region in November 2020. Beatings, executions and sexual violence continues to escalte causing mass damage everyday. Thousands have lost their lives and many more are terrified of what's to come.
Resolution within the Government of Ethiopia is hard to predict. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed does not speak of meditation between the military and the TPLF. The TPLF is a political party that was best known for its victory from the Ehtiopian National Government in 1989. They had since replaced their political leader with an Amhara-dominated government, Amhara is a state in northern Ethiopia. Currently their political leader is Abiy Ahmed, he has been in office since 2018. Early on his political plans won him international attention, after he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his peaceful settlement of a border dispute with Eritrea. Despite urges to end the war on Tigray little action has been made.
The United States is taking action to cease all hostilities in Ethiopia by proposing resolution article 97. This article would establish a law calling on the Government of Ethiopia, the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and other belligerents to cease all hostilities, protect human rights, allow unfettered humanitarian access, and cooperate with investigations of allegations pertaining to the conflict in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
This Resolution would benefit the area greatly by prosecuting those who inflict terror on others. Greater prosecution rates will lead to less crime overall. Another benefit of the article would be easy access to medical services. Once the government of Eritrea withdrawals all military forces in Ethiopia there will be more room for emergency services to assist with those injured. Those who are most in need of medical attention are those who do not have access to it. Since the attacks began hospitals and medical offices have been looted, medicine stolen and equipment including office furniture broken apart. One woman was in labour for seven days without being able to give birth, medical staff from Médecins Sans Frontières were able to deliver the baby. Without this help it is likely she and the baby would not have survived.
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unslpash.com
Eritrean troops push past remote resolutions. The Eritrean soldiers deny having any involvement with the ongoing violence. Dozens of witnesses, diplomats and an Ethiopian generals have reported Eritrean soldiers encroaching on Ethiopian soil.
In March of 2021 senator Chris Coon met with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to relay President Biden's response about the issues facing the Tigray people. Marco Rubio also supported passing resolution article 97. Support came from several members from Senator Jim Risch and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations members Ben Cardin, Chris Van Hollen, and Todd Young. President Biden expressed his concern with the country's crisis by sending Senator Coon to speak to Abiy Ahmed. When Senator Coon returned to the U.S. he commented that it was “critical to stay engaged” with Ethiopia. Coon summarized his meeting with Abiy Ahmed as general. “He pushed back really hard on any attempt by me to characterize this as an ethnic conflict and insisted it was a conflict against the TPLF as a political actor and a political party that had engaged in an attack on federal forces.”
If support to end the war doesn’t come from the Prime Minister the United Nations will intervene.
The United Nations had grave concerns about stalled progress from the prime minister. Frequent attempts at dialogue have been unsuccessful but numbers show that An estimated 5.2 million people in Tigray have little food and are at risk of famine.
The United Nations continues to call for unfettered humanitarian action. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said “The onus to prevent further atrocities and human suffering falls squarely on the Ethiopian government’s shoulders,”
Since the violence has been going on over six months mediators are most likely to take over. Mediators could be another country or even the United Nations themselves. The Borgen Project spoke with Abraham Zere Ph.D from Scripps College of Communication he answers the questions Does the government of Ethiopia have any legal obligations to end this war?, “The Government of Ethiopia, which fueled the war, has the moral and legal obligations to end the war and bring the perpetrators of crime to justice. But unfortunately, a perpetrator can not serve as mediator and independent observer” (Zere). Zere also commented that “The war is clearly becoming a genoice and is following some traits of ethnic-targetting (not ethnic-cleansing). This has been carried out by the federal state soldiers, Amhara militia and Eritrean troops. If the state fails to protect its citizens and allow foreign powers to carry out horrendous crimes, I believe the only solution is for the UN or any other body such as African Union to intervene and end the war”. The end of the war is badly needed as of now to protect everyone's safety and ensure no future damages to the people of Tigray.
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