Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Tigray Forces Blamed For Massacre In Ethiopia's Amara Province

 

AFP: 125 villagers massacred in Ethiopia's Amhara: doctors 

At least 125 villagers were massacred in Ethiopia's Amhara region earlier this month, doctors and local officials told AFP Wednesday, but rebels from neighbouring Tigray rejected claims they were responsible. 

It was the latest reported mass killing in the 10-month conflict in northern Ethiopia between government forces and Tigray rebels that has claimed the lives of thousands and triggered a major humanitarian crisis. 

"There were 125 dead in Chenna village... I saw the mass grave myself," Mulugeta Melesa, head of the hospital in nearby Dabat town, told AFP. 

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More News On The Ethiopia - Tigray Conflict  

Tigray forces killed 120 civilians in village in Amhara - Ethiopia officials -- Reuters  

Over 120 killed in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, officials say -- Al Jazeera  

Ethiopian Region Accuses Tigray Forces of Killing Civilians -- Bloomberg  

Report: 150 starved to death in Ethiopia's Tigray in August -- ABC News/AP  

Millions Face Hunger Crisis as Conflict Engulfs Northern Ethiopia -- VOA 

‘Unprecedented funding gap’ for 7 million facing hunger in Ethiopia: WFP -- UN News

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