By Kwanta Douglas –
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has urged to Ethiopia’s government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to end the conflict and alleviate the suffering of Ethiopians.
President Kenyatta encouraged the country’s leaders to quit agitating the public and go beyond the conflict’s initial causes to find a solution in a statement issued to newsrooms on Wednesday evening.
“For Ethiopia, the situation has now developed into a widespread social upheaval of historic dimensions.” The origins of the problem, as harsh and horrible as they may appear, can no longer be used to justify the nation’s continued suffering, deaths, and extended open combat,” he stated.
The conflict in Ethiopia began in November last year, sending the country into a crisis that has seen thousands killed and millions displaced.
Millions from the northern region of Tigray have been forced to flee the country to neighbouring Sudan even as humanitarian workers struggle to get aid to these areas.
“It, therefore, concerns me deeply that after one year, the crisis has not abated but has in fact deteriorated. The fighting has continued, the deaths have accumulated, the displacement persists and suffering and humanitarian emergency have taken root in the country.”