When you hear about war and conflict as a news consumer, it can be easy to overlook the human toll; but not in Ethiopia, where a hard-hitting UN rights office report has uncovered the very real impact on ordinary people in Tigray.
That’s where Government troops and their supporters have been fighting regional opposition forces since November 2020, and it’s led to serious rights violations that may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes.
To explain the report’s key findings, here’s Françoise Mianda from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – she’s Section Chief for East and Southern Africa. She spoke to UN News’s Daniel Johnson.