Ababu Negash, 70, said she fled Adebay, a town in western Tigray, after Amhara officials summoned Tigrayans to meetings in February.
'They said if we stay, they will kill us' Ababu said in the town Shire, where many from west Tigray are fleeing reut.rs/39jW7Az 1/5
'They said if we stay, they will kill us' Ababu said in the town Shire, where many from west Tigray are fleeing reut.rs/39jW7Az 1/5
Four months after the Ethiopian government declared victory over the rebellious Tigray People's Liberation Front, tens of thousands of Tigrayans are again being driven from their homes 2/5
This time, it is due not to the fighting, but to regional forces and militiamen from neighboring Amhara seeking to settle a decades-old land dispute, according to witnesses, aid workers and members of Tigray's new administration 3/5
.@Reuters interviewed 42 Tigrayans who described attacks, looting and threats by Amhara gunmen. Two bore scars they said were from shootings 4/5
Asked about the accounts of violence and intimidation by Amhara fighters, Yabsira Eshetie, the administrator of the disputed zone, said nobody had been threatened and only criminals had been detained reut.rs/39jW7Az by 📷 @BazRatner @khoureld ✍️ 5/5
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
