Authorities in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have reported a fresh air strike in the capital, Mekelle, that they say hit near a hospital and a center for displaced people. Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s federal government said in a statement that fighting has spread to the west of Tigray, near the border with Sudan. Kibrom Gebreselassie, the chief clinical director at Mekelle’s Ayder Referral Hospital, said on Twitter that there was a drone attack “close to midnight” Wednesday near Mekelle General Hospital. Meanwhile, Getachew Reda, a spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, said on Twitter that at least three bombs were dropped on Mekelle, with Mekelle Hospital being among the targets. On Wednesday morning, the Ethiopian government issued a statement saying the TPLF had invaded the Amhara Region, near the border with neighboring Sudan.

Source: Ethiopian News September 01, 2022 03:30 UTC