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The deadly clashes, which broke out in the northern province of Tigray on November 4, were reported to have killed hundreds of both federal and regional governments, pushed more than 14,000 refugees to flee to neighboring Sudan and raised international concern over a possible civil war in the country.
The Tigrayan regional government, which dominated the country’s ruling coalition, split last year and the federal government now says it should be arrested. "Clique" The ruling authority and the destruction of its well-equipped arsenal, as fears of ethnic attacks mounted.
For its part, the Regional Government of Tigray denied, "Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigray"In a statement, allegations that dozens or even hundreds of civilians "They were cut to pieces to death" Monday in the provincial city of Mai Kadra.
Amnesty International confirmed the massacre and quoted a man who helped remove the bodies as saying that many of the dead were from the Amharic community.
A statement issued by the president of the Tigray region, Debrecion Gebremikail, confirmed that the accusations against his forces, which Abiy Ahmed Ali reiterates, "Published with the aim of arousing hatred against (ethnic) Tigrayans in Ethiopia".
A statement from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission on Saturday stated that: "A justifiable threat and risk arose from discrimination and ethnic profiling".
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Three diplomats said that at least two rockets hit the Asmara airport.
With most communications disrupted in Tigray and Eritrea, Reuters was unable to independently confirm the attacks. Officials from both sides were not immediately available.
Tigray leader Debrecion Gebremikel said Tuesday that Eritrea had sent its forces across the border to support Ethiopian government forces, but did not provide evidence.
Eritrea’s Foreign Minister Osman Salih Muhammad denied this, telling Reuters: “We are not party to the conflict.”
Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace agreement two years ago, but Asasi Afewerki’s government in Asmara remained hostile to the Tigrayan leadership after its role in the devastating war that broke out between 1998 and 2000.
Earlier, the Tigray regional government in Ethiopia fired missiles at two airports in the neighboring Amhara region, where the bloody conflict threatens to spread to other parts of the second most populous African country.
The Tigrayan regional government said in a statement on “Tigray TV.” “Such attacks will continue:” unless the attacks against us cease. “
The federal government added that the Gondar and Bahir Dar airports were affected by the attacks on Friday night, emphasizing that the Tigrayans were “repairing and using the last weapons in their arsenals.”
The bloody fighting, which broke out in the northern province of Tigray on November 4, was reported to have killed hundreds of both federal and regional governments, pushed more than 14,000 refugees to flee to neighboring Sudan, and raised international concern over a possible civil war in the country.
The Tigrayan regional government, which dominated the country’s ruling coalition, split last year, and the federal government now says the ruling clique must be arrested and its well-equipped arsenal destroyed, while fears of ethnic attacks mount.
For its part, the Tigray regional government, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, denied in a statement allegations that dozens or even hundreds of civilians were “killed” on Monday in the regional city of Mai Kadra.
Amnesty International confirmed the massacre and quoted a man who helped remove the bodies as saying that many of the dead were from the Amharic community.
A statement issued by the president of the Tigray region, Debrecion Gebremikail, confirmed that the accusations against his forces, reiterated by Abiy Ahmed Ali, “are being published with the aim of inciting hatred against the (ethnic) Tigrayans in Ethiopia.”
A statement from the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Saturday that “a threat and a justifiable threat to discrimination and racial profiling has emerged.”
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