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November 11, 2021

Ethiopia Detains World Food Programme Drivers in War-Torn Northern Region
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In Ethiopia, the U.N. says 72 drivers who work for the World Food
Programme have been detained in the country's northern Afar region, one
day after the U.N. reported a group of staffers had been arrested in
Addis Ababa. Rights groups are warning detentions are targeting ethnic
Tigrayans, with prominent community members, including a bank CEO and
religious figures, being rounded up by authorities. This comes after the
government declared a state of emergency and amid a mounting
humanitarian crisis and threat of all-out war. 


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