Seattle Ethiopian community fears for loved ones impacted by country s unrest
More than 45,000 Tigrayan refugees are in shelters in a remote portion of Sudan, while others have been displaced or are feared dead as a result of ongoing unrest. Author: Sebastian Robertson (KING5) Updated: 10:37 PM PST December 11, 2020
SEATTLE Members of Seattle’s large Ethiopian community say they re desperate to hear from loved ones impacted by an ongoing civil war in their native country.
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa with nearly 115 million people, and at the northern most portion is the Tigray Region. For the past two years, tensions have been rising between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian Federal Government.