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The government of Ethiopia's Afar region says more than 300,000 people have been displaced by warfare there since December and it accused Tigrayan forces of killing civilians and looting. The ...
On 21 December, ENDF and allied forces captured Rare, Waja, and Alamata. [55] On 22 December, ENDF and Amhara forces recaptured Sekota and the Wag Hemra Zone. [56] On 23 December, the Ethiopian government announced the offensive had been successful and had reached a conclusion. [5]
On 18 December 2020, looting was reported by EEPA, including 500 dairy cows and hundreds of calves stolen by Amhara forces. [67] On 23 November 2020, a reporter of AFP news agency visited the western Tigray town of Humera, and observed that the administration of the conquered parts of Western Tigray was taken over by officials from Amhara ...
The Ethiopian government has accused Eritrean gunmen of being responsible for the attack. Many governments around the world advise against traveling to the Afar region, citing increasing security concerns. Additionally, this region is also a hub for Afar–Somali clashes, due to many kebeles being put into the Afar region by the government. [15]
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Forces from Ethiopia's northern Tigray region have mounted attacks in neighbouring Afar region, a spokesman for Afar said on Monday, marking an expansion of an eight-month ...
On the night of 22–23 December 2020, a massacre and burning down of houses took place in Bikuji kebele in Metekel Zone. [21] [5] As of 23 December 2020, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission counted 100 deaths. Other sources state 220 were killed [21] of mostly Amharas, Oromos, and Shinashas by a suspected Gumuz militia. [17]
In the Tigray Region alone, 89% of people are in need of food aid, with those facing severe hunger reaching up to 47%. [5] [1] In a report published in June 2021, over 350,000 people were already experiencing catastrophic famine conditions (IPC Phase 5). [6] [7] It is the worst famine to happen in East Africa since 2011–2012. [7]
In 2014, the federal government, headed by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) redrew the boundary between the two regions. As a result, the Somali Region lost three villages to the Afar Region. Since then they have been trying to get the villages back under their control. [5]