Ethiopia accuses international community of ‘double standards’ in Tigray conflict

Ethiopian Army soldiers

Ethiopian Army soldiers stand as a child stand next to them at Mai Aini Refugee camp, in Ethiopia, on January 30, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Ethiopian Prime Minister’s spokesperson, Billen Seyoum accused TPLF of killing civilians and forcibly recruiting children to use them as soldiers, yet "the international community's silence has been quite outstanding."
  • Billen further accused the international community of being mute when civilians are being used as human shields by the group that Addis Ababa has declared a terror entity.