Tonight at 7 we bring you an exclusive report from inside Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray province, hearing disturbing and distressing first-hand testimonies about the mass use of rape as a weapon of war and repression. THREAD 1/
We spoke to one nurse who has seen 260 patients who are victims of rape since the war began.
Sister Mulu works at a hospital in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia, where thousands of Internally Displaced People have arrived in the last three months. 2/
Sister Mulu works at a hospital in the Tigray Region of Northern Ethiopia, where thousands of Internally Displaced People have arrived in the last three months. 2/
These people are fleeing a war between Government troops, Eritrean forces & local militias, on one side & the Tigray People's Liberation Front on the other.
Hundreds have been killed in massacres, thousands have fled and countless women & girls have been violently raped. 3/
Hundreds have been killed in massacres, thousands have fled and countless women & girls have been violently raped. 3/
Nobody feels safe, even in the hospital, which is guarded by Ethiopian Government forces. Two weeks ago a medical student was raped by soldiers in the compound, as she walked from the library to her classroom. 4/
It is only two years since the leader of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed was given the nobel peace prize, now his country and Eritrea are working together to put down an uprising in the North of Ethiopia, and are accused of terrible crimes. 5/
Our Africa Correspondent @JamalMOsman went to northern Ethiopia, to Mekelle the capital of the Tigray region. He spoke to the victims of a war, who feel abandoned not just by their country but by the International community. 6/
@JamalMOsman The Horrors of the Hidden War.
Watch the full report by @JamalMOsman in Tigray, Ethiopia: channel4.com/news/the-horro…
Watch the full report by @JamalMOsman in Tigray, Ethiopia: channel4.com/news/the-horro…
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