 Now, to stories in other parts of Africa, the UN humanitarian chief has said that the sexual violence and starvation were being used as weapons of war in Ethiopia's Tigray region. He urged Eritrea to make good on its pledge and recall its troops. Ethiopian army soldiers stand as children, rather stand behind them at the Mai'ini refugee camp. Eritrean refugees who had fled the authoritarian state to camps in Tigray are uniquely vulnerable with Eritrean soldiers still present in the region. The humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia's conflict-stricken Tigray bordering Eritrea is deteriorating with no sign of a promised pullback of Eritrean soldiers from the region. The United Nations' A-Chief said on Thursday. Talking to the UN Security Council, Mark Lowcock said the sexual violence was being used as a weapon of war in Tigray with some women reporting that they were gang-raped over a period of several days.