Ethiopia scraps bid to end UN-ordered Tigray abuses probe

Soldiers of Tigray Defence Force walk in lines in Mekele

Soldiers of Tigray Defence Force walk in lines in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia on June 30, 2021. Ethiopia has dropped a draft motion that sought to bring an early end to a UN mandated investigative probe into the Tigray war. PHOTO | YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP

Geneva

Ethiopia has dropped a draft motion that sought to bring an early end to a UN mandated investigative probe into the Tigray war, diplomats and observers told Reuters, after pressure from Western countries.