UN Staff Members Detained in Ethiopia as Crisis Worsens
- Tigray leader says he doubts mediation efforts will succeed
- Amnesty accuses TPLF of potential crimes against humanity
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The United Nations said 16 staff members have been detained in Ethiopia as a leader of the Tigray rebels warned mediation efforts to end the crisis in the Horn of African nation may fail.
“There has been no explanation” for the detention, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York on Tuesday. “Our staff on the ground is working with the national authorities,” he said, noting the detentions occurred “over the last few days.”