Tigre region of Ethiopia under intense bombing


A fierce battle has erupted in Macaulay, with eyewitnesses saying the country has entered the “final phase” of military action in the northern resistance area of ​​Tigre, 72 hours after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiya Ahmed issued a warning. The deadline for surrender expired.

Debrecen Gabra Michael, leader of the Tigre People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), also told Reuters in a text message on Saturday that McCall was under “heavy bombardment.”

There have been reports of atrocities by federal forces since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiya Ahmed ordered an air strike and an underground offensive against the Tigris rulers for violating his authority. Tigrian leaders have accused federal forces of killing innocent civilians targeting churches and homes.

“The story of the victims / heroes” describes TPLF fighters as “a serious denial of justice for millions of Ethiopians,” Abien’s spokesman Bilan Siyum said in a tweet on Saturday.

The federal government has previously refused to target civilians. The chaos of a conversation in this area has made it difficult to report on the claims of both parties.

International leaders have repeatedly expressed serious concern for disruption of humanitarian reach and violence against civilians during the fighting in McLean. According to UNICEF, Macaulay has a population of about half a million, half of whom are children.

More than 43,000 Ethiopian refugees have entered neighboring Sudan since the fighting began in November, when the country’s Nobel laureate vowed a “military confrontation” with the resistance.
Ethiopian troops rest in Dansha, Ethiopia on November 25, 2020.

Three Ethiopian Red Cross ambulances have been attacked since the clashes began and hospitals in northern Ethiopia are in dire need of medical supplies, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday.

UNHCR According to, the number of internally displaced people within Tigre is increasing daily and some pre-existing refugee camps in the region have only three days of food supply, according to the UNHCR.

The rights commission says at least 600 civilians have been killed in the northern Ethiopia massacre

UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi is due to visit Sudan with government officials and partners in the refugee camp until Sunday.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tweeted on Wednesday, “I urge Ethiopian leaders to do everything possible to protect civilians, uphold human rights and ensure humanitarian access.”

CNN’s Nima Elbagir reports from London, Bethlehem Felk reports from Nairobi and Awad Ismail and Salah Nasir reports from the Sudan-Ethiopia border.

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