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10 February 2026 | Peace and Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned that renewed fighting in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region could trigger another humanitarian and human rights crisis, urging all parties to de-escalate immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Volker T\u00fcrk<\/strong> said the region remains deeply fragile after the devastating 2020\u20132022 war, and that recent clashes risk undoing hard-won but fragile gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe situation remains highly volatile and we fear it will further deteriorate,\u201d he said, warning of worsening human rights and humanitarian conditions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Between 2020 and 2022, fighting between Ethiopia\u2019s federal government and Tigray forces\u2014reportedly involving Eritrean troops\u2014killed tens of thousands and displaced over two million people<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Today, approximately one million people remain internally displaced<\/strong>, still struggling to rebuild their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/strong> (OHCHR), fighting intensified on 26 January near the Amhara border between:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The TSF reportedly withdrew from the Tselemti area on 1 February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heavy weaponry, including drones and artillery<\/strong>, has been used by both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reports also indicate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n T\u00fcrk stressed that civilians are once again caught between rival forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis must stop,\u201d he said, calling for independent investigations into alleged abuses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n UN officials are urging parties to recommit to the Pretoria Agreement<\/strong>, the 2022 peace deal that formally ended the previous war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani warned that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The High Commissioner also raised alarm over rising tensions between Ethiopia and neighbouring Eritrea<\/strong>, warning that disputes linked to Tigray could destabilize the wider Horn of Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reports of Eritrean troop presence and growing diplomatic friction heighten fears of renewed cross-border escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe cannot afford a return to what happened in 2020 and 2021,\u201d Shamdasani said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 February 2026 | Peace and Security The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned that renewed fighting in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region could trigger another humanitarian and human rights crisis, urging all parties to de-escalate immediately. Situation \u201chighly volatile\u201d Volker T\u00fcrk said the region remains deeply fragile after the devastating 2020\u20132022 war, and that […]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-topics"],"yoast_head":"\nSituation \u201chighly volatile\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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