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Ethiopian Opposition Claims 52,000 Killed in Tigray Conflict
Bloomberg
2/3/2021
Simon Marks and Samuel Gebre
© Photographer: EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP
A member of the Amhara Special Forces watches on at the border crossing with Eritrea, in Humera, Ethiopia, on November 22, 2020.
(Bloomberg) Three Ethiopian opposition parties claimed at least 52,000 people died in the nation’s northern Tigray region since a conflict began there in November.
A further 3 million have been forced to flee their homes and even more are dependent on food aid, The Tigray Independence Party, National Congress of Great Tigray and Salsay Weyane Tigray said Tuesday in a joint statement.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a statement after the claim was published, saying enemies of the state are spreading misinformation, but without specifically citing the opposition statement. The parties’ estimate of the death toll hasn’t been independently veri ....

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