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March 24, 2021

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed Acknowledges Eritrean Soldiers' Involvement in Tigray Conflict
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In Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has acknowledged for the first
time Eritrean soldiers crossed into the northern Tigray region and were
involved in the bloody conflict that erupted in November. Harrowing
witness accounts have emerged of Eritrean soldiers killing Tigrayan men
and boys and committing acts of sexual violence, including against
displaced people. The U.N. has said multiple parties may have committed
war crimes and crimes against humanity since the start of the conflict.


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