NEWS ALERT: USAID ADMINISTRATOR CONFIRMS PARTNER AID WORKER KILLED IN TIGRAY; SAYS HIS & OTHER AID WORKERS’ DEATH “WILL NOT BE IN VAIN”
Addis Standard
Addis Abeba, May 26/2021 – In a statement released today, USAID newly appointed Administrator, Ambassador Samantha Power, confirmed that a “USAID Partner Humanitarian Aid worker” was killed, “reportedly by Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers in Tigray region.”
On May 20, the U.S. Government and the U.N issued statements calling on all armed actors in Ethiopia to safeguard the lives and activities of humanitarian workers throughout Ethiopia after a staff a USAID partner staff member was killed on April 28 in Kola Temben, Tigray “reportedly by Eritrean and Ethiopian soldiers.”
The Ethiopian army dismissed the report and said it was part of the “TPLF’s propaganda and misinformation” as well as an “increased attempt to pressure Ethiopia.”
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