The New York Times published on 9 November 2021 an article titled "Ethiopia Seizes Dozens of U.N. Workers as Civil War Spreads and Famine Looms" by Rick Gladstone and Declan Walsh.
Ethiopian authorities seized 16 Ethiopian UN staff members in Addis Ababa in recent days. No explanation was given.
Reuters published on 10 November 2021 an article titled "Ethiopian Authorities Detain More than 70 U.N. Drivers, Amid Reports of Mass Arrests."
Ethiopian authorities have detained 72 drivers of unknown ethnicity working with the UN's World Food Program and Catholic Relief Services in Afar Region.
