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Ethiopia launches taskforce to address violations in Tigray war

Women at a safe house for survivors of sexual assault, in Mekele, Tigray.

Women at a safe house for survivors of sexual assault, in Mekele, Tigray, on February 27, 2021. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

By  Aggrey Mutambo

Editor - Africa & International

Nation Media Group

The Ethiopian government has launched a taskforce to address the human rights violations in the Tigray conflict.

The rights violations were recorded earlier in the year in a previous joint investigation report between local and UN rights bodies.

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