Denial of medicine as a weapon of war on Tigray People
EEPA Situation Report – Horn of Africa No 286, 10 October 2022
Situation in Tigray (per 10 October)
A statement by the Central Command of Tigray says that Eritrean and Ethiopian forces have launched another full-scale offensive in the direction of northeastern Tigray.
The Command said the offensive is taking place in the fronts of Zalambessa, Rama and Tserona.
The statement added that “indiscriminate artillery bombardments” were launched against the towns of Adigrat, Rama and other areas bordering Eritrea.
Sources report Eritrea has launched heavy artillery attacks on Rama this weekend, severely damaging the city. Heavy fighting is reported in Zalambessa.
Tigray spokesperson Getachew Reda says the Eritrean and Ethiopian armies deployed “tens of thousands of forces and mechanised units in Rama, Tserona & Zalambessa fronts”.
According to regional media Tigrai Television a drone strike has killed six and injured over 80 people in the town of Dongolat, 30km from the capital Mekelle.
A strike on the town of Shire was incorrectly reported as a drone attack instead of a rocket attack. This means Eritrean and Ethiopian troops are within artillery range of Shire, after taking over Tzada Medri, Adi Nebreid and Adi Daero.
The Tigray External Affairs Office accuses the Government of Eritrea of allegedly attempting to exterminate the Kunama people, who live on both sides of the Ethiopian/Eritrean border.
The World Food Programme (WFP) Ethiopia said it has sent the first humanitarian passenger flight into Tigray since the war resumed on 24 August to take 34 aid workers out of the region.
The flight was only tasked to rotate staff in and out of the capital Mekelle. Dr Kibrom Gebreselassie, Chief of Ayder Hospital, said: “It would have been human, if that humanitarian flight brought even a single vial of insulin. It came empty and went back with UN staff. Sad.”
A surgeon at Ayder Hospital in Mekelle, Dr Fasika Amdeslasie, told the BBC that many patients in the hospital are dying due lack of basic drugs and medical interventions.
Chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom said his organisation urgently needs safe and sustained access to deliver essential medicines and medical equipment to Tigray.
The WHO announced that they distributed their last trauma care and essential care packs to the Shire area in the proximity of Adi Daero following the recent air strikes.
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Re: Ethiopia refused WFP to take medicine on its flight to Mekelle -even 1 insulin. It came EMPTY & returned with UN sta
Good job, galla abiy finally learned never 2 trust anybody from cursed-land-tigray & their white masters. Z whole world knows what do u mean by insulin, u mean weapons & satellite radios and other military hardwares. U can fool z ppl sometimes but u can't fool all z ppl all z time. Z great bob marley. 
