Canada Joins G7 in Condemning Ethiopia Violence, Calling for Humanitarian Aid

Tigray refugees who fled a conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region wait to receive treatment at a clinic run by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, on Dec. 8, 2020. AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty

OTTAWA—Canada and other G7 nations are denouncing what they describe as human rights violations and calling for immediate access for humanitarian aid groups in Ethiopia’s conflict−ridden Tigray region.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau and his counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States say in a joint statement they are extremely concerned people are starving as conditions in Ethiopia’s northernmost region worsen.