Ethiopia - Tigray War News Updates -- November 12, 2020

 

Daily Mail: Massacre fears in Ethiopia as Amnesty says 'scores and likely hundreds' of civilians have been stabbed or hacked to death in Tigray region 

 * Scores have been killed in 'massacre' in Ethiopia's Tigray region, Amnesty said 

 * 'We have confirmed the massacre of a very large number of civilians,' they said 

 * There was no immediate response from the Ethiopian government 

Amnesty International said Thursday that scores of civilians were killed in a 'massacre' in Ethiopia's Tigray region that witnesses blamed on forces backing the local ruling party. 

The 'massacre' is the first reported incident of large-scale civilian fatalities in a week-old conflict between the regional ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize. 

'Amnesty International can today confirm... that scores, and likely hundreds, of people were stabbed or hacked to death in Mai-Kadra (May Cadera) town in the South West Zone of Ethiopia's Tigray Region on the night of 9 November,' the rights group said in a report. 

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 Ethiopia - Tigray War News Updates -- November 12, 2020 

Ethiopia claims big advance in Tigray, Amnesty reports mass killing -- Reuters 

Ethiopia bombs Tigray arms depots, thousands flee fighting -- AFP 

Ethiopia PM claims major advance in Tigray region -- Al Jazeera 

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'Civilians massacred', says Amnesty International -- BBC 

Amnesty says scores dead in Ethiopia 'massacre' as conflict escalates -- AFP 

Thousands are fleeing into Sudan to escape deadly conflict in Ethiopia -- CNN 

Ethiopia: UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Tigray -- DW 

Food, medical supplies blocked as fighting rages in Ethiopia's Tigray, UN warns -- France 24 

UN fears Ethiopia refugee emergency, warns of aid being blocked -- Al Jazeera 

Civilians at risk in Ethiopia's Tigray war -- DW