Ethiopia’s government has turned the northern Tigray region into a virtual prison. Five million people. No way in. No way out. No food, no medicine, no electricity. OnPointRadio asks: How long can the world look the other way?
MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Tigray is a state in northern Ethiopia.
Ahmed responded forcefully, partnered with Eritrea, recruited militias from Tigray's rival ethnic groups, purchased drones bought from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, attacking Tigrayan ground forces from the air. And then Prime Minister Ahmed put the entire state of Tigray under siege. No one and nothing is allowed in or out.
REIYE MENGESHA: There are so many patients who used to come to our hospital to get services, for instance, patients with cancer, chemotherapy. ... But the chemotherapies are now no more available. We have been using for the past one year medications which were, you know, expired. ... But currently we don't even have those drugs. Our cancer patients do not have any medications.
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