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Feb 9, 2023, 6 tweets

#BREAKING Eritrea leader calls Tigray rights abuse allegations a 'fantasy'

#UPDATE Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to "fantasy".

Map of Ethiopia locating the Tigray region.
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#UPDATE Eritrea's army supported Ethiopian forces during the war against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

The war ended with a peace deal signed in November last year, but Eritrea was not a party to the agreement.

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VIDEO: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who is visiting Nairobi, calls Tigray rights abuse allegations a "fantasy of those who want to derail any peace process achieving its goal"

#UPDATE Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki said Thursday that allegations of rights abuses by Eritrean troops in Ethiopia's Tigray region during the two-year war there amounted to "fantasy".
u.afp.com/iWvT

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