Rebels question rebuilding work in Tigray

Ruins of a house destroyed in the war in Tigray. PHOTO | AFP

Rebels in the troubled Ethiopian northern regions have opposed what they called a unilateral decision by the Ethiopian government to invite the UN to help reconstruct facilities that were destroyed by war in Tigray.

A spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda, said the group is in the dark after Addis Ababa inked a deal with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS). UNOPS is supposed to renovate critical facilities as the parties negotiate a long-term peace deal.