ADDIS ABABA/NAIROBI (Reuters) - Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights watchdog accused a Tigrayan youth group on Tuesday of killing hundreds of civilians as federal and local forces both claimed advances in a three-week war in the country’s mountainous north.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said enemy soldiers were surrendering as it advanced towards the regional capital, but the Tigrayans reported they were resisting and had destroyed a prestigious army division.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission published findings into a Nov. 9 attack in Mai Kadra in southwest Tigray - first reported by Amnesty International - where it said a youth group called Samri killed an estimated 600 civilians, mainly of Amharic descent.
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Ethiopia - Tigray War News Updates -- November 24, 2020
As Ethiopia’s army declares daily victories, its people are being plunged into violence -- Alex de Waal, The Guardian
2 comments:
What is happening is obviously not good.
The juxtaposition of this article next to the one on Tony Blinken leaves me cold. Was the juxtaposition incidental or purposeful?
I am afraid that a boy like Tony will want to show his strength and his goodness. Maybe do to Ethiopia what the Clinton administration, where Tony worked, did to Serbia.
What Clinton Administration and the US government did to Serbia enabled Islamic terrorism and sowed some of the seeds that have brought about Cold War 2. In the mid 90s Russia was weaker than it is today. As such, I'm pretty sure the US couldn't do the same thing today. I'm not sure but I'd think Ethiopia has allies which would mean the Serbia treatment would be harder to implement.
In any event, with no US interests here getting involved in this has no upside potential along with huge downside risks making such an action extremely stupid. Doing stupid has unfortunately been a hallmark of our government.
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