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Over 50 dead after air strike in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, at least 56 people were killed in an air strike in the conflict region of Tigray, according to aid workers. 30 other people were injured, said two helpers, citing eyewitnesses and local authorities. According to the two, the target of the air strike on Friday evening was a refugee camp in Dedebit in the northwest of the region on the border with Eritrea. Neither army nor government spokesman initially responded to requests from Reuters news agency for comment. The government has so far denied reports of attacks on civilians. Over a year ago fighting broke out in the Tigray region between troops from the People’s Liberation Front (TPLF)-led regional government and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s central government. Thousands of people have already been killed in the fighting, and more than two and a half million people have fled. Ethiopia is a federation of ten regional states, ethnic affiliations play a very important role. There are often conflicts between the regions, such as Tigray and Amhara arguing about the borderline.
According to the local aid workers, the destination was a refugee camp in Dedebit in the northwest of the Tigray region.