Violence worsens in Ethiopia as hundreds reported to have died in conflict
Last week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a campaign against forces loyal to Tigrayan leaders whom he accused of attacking a military base in the town of Dansha
09 November 2020 - 17:35
Dansha — An escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s restive Tigray region has killed hundreds of people, sources on the government’s side said, even as the prime minister sought on Monday to reassure the world his nation was not sliding into civil war.
The flare-up in the northern area bordering Eritrea and Sudan threatens to destabilise Africa’s second most populous nation where ethnic conflict has already killed hundreds since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over in 2018...
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