Source: Xinhua| 2021-01-05 10:10:00|Editor: huaxiaVideo Player CloseADDIS ABABA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray regional state has displaced 2.2 million people, an Ethiopian official said on Monday. "The IDPs are under great risk, and we're undertaking widespread mobilization in collaboration with the federal government to provide aid to them," he said. Meanwhile, the majority of health facilities in the region have been destroyed or looted during the conflict, he added. The clash followed rising tensions between Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party and the TPLF, as each side accused the other of trying to destabilize the country. Mounting differences between the two sides exacerbated in September, when the Tigray regional government decided to go alone with its planned regional elections, which the Ethiopian parliament had previously postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Source: Ethiopian News January 05, 2021 02:03 UTC