Joint UN, Ethiopia rights team say all sides committed abuses in Tigray

Tigray refugees

Ethiopian refugees who fled the Tigray conflict gather to receive aid. PHOTO | AFP

All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a long-awaited joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia and published on Wednesday.

The report by the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was released the day after Ethiopia declared a state of emergency.