[Ethiopia’s Tigray Region]
The Guardian: “Thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region have crossed into neighboring Sudan, as fears grow that conflict between national and provincial forces could prompt a serious humanitarian crisis.”
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Thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region have crossed into neighboring Sudan, as fears grow that conflict between national and provincial forces could prompt a serious humanitarian crisis.
As many as 8,000 Ethiopians are thought to have already crossed the border in the last two days, and aid officials say hundreds of thousands more are likely to leave their homes if the conflict, now entering its second week, does not end.
Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, launched military operations in Tigray last week, after he accused local authorities of attacking a military camp in the region and attempting to loot military assets.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which is in power in the province, denies the attack and has accused the prime minister of concocting the story to justify deploying the offensive.
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