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The attacks reportedly killed civilians in the Amhara and Tigray regions over the weekend, including children and a newborn at a displacement camp in Amhara.<\/p>\n
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Several people were also reportedly killed while trying to obtain food during a separate strike in Rama, Tigray. \u201cReports of attacks on civilians in Ethiopia\u2019s Amhara and Tigray regions are deeply disturbing,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n
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Fresh fighting between Ethiopian government forces and armed groups resumed in Amhara, Tigray and Afar in September, almost four years after a peace agreement.<\/p>\n
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Tedros said drone attacks and civilian casualties had become tragically frequent across Ethiopia. \u201cThe violence in northern Ethiopia is pushing an already fragile health system closer to collapse,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n
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Hospitals are facing shortages of healthcare workers, medicines and equipment, while ambulance services remain severely restricted.<\/p>\n
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Insecurity is also obstructing the delivery of essential medical supplies to some affected communities.<\/p>\n
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Continuing violence could leave more people without emergency treatment, maternal and child healthcare and services for communicable and noncommunicable diseases.<\/p>\n
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The WHO and partners are working to deliver additional medical supplies across the affected regions. \u201cWHO and partners are working around the clock to deliver additional much-needed medical supplies to all the affected regions,\u201d Tedros said.<\/p>\n
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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has warned that the renewed conflict risks escalating and destabilising the wider region.<\/p>\n
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Guterres condemned attacks against civilians and healthcare facilities and called on parties to protect critical infrastructure. \u201cThe Secretary-General calls on the parties to spare the civilian population and critical infrastructure and agree without delay to a cessation of hostilities as a first step towards ending this devastating conflict,\u201d the UN said.<\/p>\n
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Guterres also urged the parties to engage in good faith with mediation efforts aimed at ending the violence.<\/p>\n
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Tedros called for stronger protection of civilians and uninterrupted humanitarian access as healthcare needs increase.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe most courageous choose peace,\u201d Tedros said. \u201cThe best medicine is peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
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