Dedebit News | July 12/2023
The people of Tigray have not received adequate humanitarian assistance under the Pretoria Agreement; The death and starvation of children in Tigray continues during the war, Reuters reported.
displaced persons due to invading forces are at risk of severe hunger, the report said. They are still calling on humanitarian agencies to resume their suspended aid immediately.
The invading forces have not withdrawn from Tigray; Those sheltered in various shelters are suffering from severe hunger and deaths. Tigray Disaster Preparedness and precautions Director Dr. G/Brehiwot Gebregiziabher told Reuters; “They confirmed to me that more than 590 people died in April and June alone due to starvation,” he said.
The invading forces have not left Tigray; IDPs could not return to their homes. They are being denied humanitarian assistance and dying where they are sheltered. Children in Tigray are being killed daily, Reuters reported. They also released details of the suffering of children in Tigray hospitals and the deaths of displaced persons.
In the two years of bloody war; the people of Tigray have been left without food and shelter. By the allied forces who declared a heavy genocidal war against the people of Tigray; houses were burned and destroyed, crops were burned and a large amount of property was looted by Eritrean forces, Reuters reported. Many are calling today for the agreements to be implemented under the Pretoria Agreement, requesting that they should be implemented quickly.
Frace 24, for its part, reported citing the emergency medical coordinator at Ayder Referral Hospital; documenting the suffering of children and their parents who committed suicide due to starvation; Even if these parents luckily saved their children from the hospital; They said that they could not find accommodation and food for their families. Asmelash and his wife, who attended the treatment with their 10-year-old son Tsege, said their son’s weight had dropped to 10 kilograms due to starvation. They were exposed to severe hunger as a family. They have not received any assistance in their shelter for the past five months.
Humanitarian agencies have stopped providing even the limited humanitarian aid in Tigray. Tigray is facing the worst risk of hunger and death, France 24; The people of Tigray have not been able to alleviate their suffering even after the Pretoria Agreement. An urgent solution is needed.
