Ethiopian general admits Eritrean troops entered Tigray Thu 07th January 2021 | 01:50 AM
Addis Ababa, Jan 6 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 7th Jan, 2021 ) :A top-ranking member of Ethiopia s army confirmed that troops from neighbouring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region during the conflict there, in a video seen by AFP on Wednesday.
Ethiopia s Federalgovernment has long denied persistent claims that Eritrean troops were in Tigray, where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military offensive against dissident regional leaders in November that left thousands dead.
But Major General Belay Seyoum, the head of the Ethiopian army s northern division, went against those denials in a video dated from the end of December which emerged on social media Wednesday.
‘Ethiopia kills dozens allegedly behind massacre’
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December 25, 2020
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s military killed 42 people allegedly among those responsible for massacring more than 100 civilians in a troubled western part of the country, local officials said on Thursday.
The federal troops also seized firearms and arrows during the operation, the government of the Benishangul-Gumuz region said, after gunmen waged the brutal pre-dawn assault on Wednesday in which dozens were also injured. The Ethiopia Defence Force has destroyed 42 anti-peace forces who attacked civilians yesterday in the Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz, the regional government said in a statement. Contests over land and resources in Benishangul-Gumuz have spurred violence between ethnic groups, and Wednesday’s massacre was just the latest gruesome atrocity in the region in recent months.
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Ethiopia s military killed 42 people allegedly among those responsible for massacring more than 100 civilians in a troubled western part of the country, local officials said Thursday.
The federal troops also seized firearms and arrows during the operation, the government of the Benishangul-Gumuz region said, after gunmen waged the brutal pre-dawn assault on Wednesday in which dozens were also injured. The Ethiopia Defence Force has destroyed 42 anti-peace forces who attacked civilians yesterday in the Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz, the regional government said in a statement.
Contests over land and resources in Benishangul-Gumuz have spurred violence between ethnic groups, and Wednesday s massacre was just the latest gruesome atrocity in the region in recent months.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he was sending more soldiers to secure Ethiopia's restive Benishangul-Gumuz area after armed gunmen killed more than 100 civilians.