Recommendation 25

The situation in Tigray is dire and far from improving, despite the significant efforts of humanitarian agencies to provide assistance.55 Many thousands of people have been displaced by fighting and there are reports of some villages being completely emptied.56 Thousands more are trapped by fighting or lack transport to escape it.57 Basic services, such as communications and electricity, have been disrupted and social services have collapsed.58 Universities and health centres have been vandalised, looted or destroyed and armed actors have threatened health workers.59 The police and judicial systems have ceased to function.60 The Minister for Africa, told us: The conflict has caused a collapse in all essential services: health; water; sanitation; basic, life-saving, maternal healthcare and vaccination. The core of development work is not deliverable.61