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Ethiopia, the premier: “Eritrea will withdraw its troops from Tigray”

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ADDIS ABEBA – He first Abiy Ahmed announced today that Eritrea will withdraw its troops from the Tigray region, following a meeting with the Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki. Declaration that comes two days after the admission by the Nobel Peace Prize winner that Asmara had entered Ethiopian territory in aid of the “Ethiopian brothers”.

The conflict in the Ethiopian region of Tigray began on November 4, after the federal army’s offensive to flush out the region’s “Tigrinya clique”. Since then, both Addis Ababa and Asmara have always denied Asmara’s involvement. Until three days ago, when during a question time in parliament, Ahmed publicly declared that his army fought alongside the Eritreans.

These troops, as well as the Ethiopian ones, are accused of looting, massacres and rape on a large scale. The 4-month conflict has left nearly a million displaced. Despite the declaration of victory, the fighting continues, hindering the delivery of humanitarian aid.

Amnesty’s complaints

On February 26, 2021, an Amnesty International report accuses Eritrean soldiers of killing “hundreds of civilians” in November 2020 in the holy city of Aksoum, Tigray, in a massacre that could constitute a crime against humanity.

On March 4, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced that his office confirmed a series of serious violations that could constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity” in Tigray, including by troops. eritrean.

Tigray, videos of the massacres in the “war without photos”

by Vittorio Longhi


On March 5, Human Rights Watch denounced a November massacre in Aksoum by Eritrean soldiers. AFP documented another massacre allegedly committed in November by Eritrean troops in the city of Dengolat. Yesterday Doctors Without Borders witnessed the killing of 4 unarmed civilians in Tigray by Ethiopian soldiers.

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On March 10, the head of US diplomacy Antony Blink denounced “acts of ethnic cleansing”. The Biden Administration has sent Senator Chris Coons to Addis Ababa as an emissary for the US request for a ceasefire. The senator returned last Sunday, declaring at a press conference that the premier did not accept the American proposal. But he took it upon himself, as per official statements following the meeting, to prosecute those responsible, of any ethnicity or nationality.

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