The conflict in Ethiopia
These refugees fled to Sudan after fighting broke out in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region last month.
More than 50,000 people now live in camps like this one.
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The conflict in Ethiopia
Dec. 18, 2020
Fighting erupted on Nov. 4 when forces loyal to the former ruling party in Tigray launched simultaneous attacks on military bases across the region, killing soldiers and seizing military hardware, according to the government. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the movement fighting the government, denies starting the conflict but says it is fighting back on a number of fronts.
The fighting is believed to have killed thousands of people and displaced over 950,000, some 50,000 of them into neighbouring Sudan, according to United Nations (U.N.) and local government estimates. The government said it regained control of the regional capital, Mekelle, and other cities at the end of November. TPLF leaders said they had withdrawn from Mekelle b