Dawit was watching television at a relative s one-room apartment in Axum, a historic city in Ethiopia s war-torn, northern Tigray region, in early March when a news bulletin flashed up on the screen.
Graphic, unverified footage had surfaced of a mass killing near Dawit s hometown of Mahibere Dego, in a mountainous area of central Tigray. In the shaky video Ethiopian soldiers appeared to round up a group of young, unarmed men on a wind-swept, dusty ledge before shooting them at point-blank range picking them up by an arm or a leg and flinging or kicking their bodies off a rocky hillside like ragdolls.
(Bloomberg) Eritrea will withdraw its forces from an Ethiopian border area, following talks between the two nations’ leaders.
“The government of Eritrea has agreed to withdraw its forces out of the Ethiopian border,” Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement on Friday.
Ethiopia’s Tigray War: A Deadly, Dangerous Stalemate - Crisis Group Africa Briefing N°171, 2 April 2021
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Both federal and resistance forces are digging in for a lengthy battle in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Conditions for civilians are dire, with famine a growing danger. Outside powers should urge Addis Ababa to let more aid into the war zone, while maintaining pressure for talks.
What’s new? War rages on in Ethiopia’s Tigray region – with civilians bearing the brunt of a brutal conflict marked by atrocities. Under international pressure, Addis Ababa has offered concessions on aid access and pledged that Eritrean troops will withdraw. But prospects of a negotiated settlement appear dim.
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