The attack earlier this month is the latest blow to the more than 100,000 Eritrean refugees living in Ethiopia, whose camps have been repeatedly caught up in a 15-month war. Residents of the Bahrale camp attack in Afar reported that “at least five refugees were killed and several women were kidnapped”, after armed men entered on February 3, the UN refugee agency said. READ MORE Ethiopia lifts state of emergency over Tigray war“Family members lost one another in the chaos of fleeing the camp,” UNHCR said. But a TPLF spokesman said government officials were “full of lies” and that Eritrean refugees “were not attacked". The attack on Bahrale marks the first time a camp outside Tigray has been affected.

Source: Ethiopian News February 18, 2022 16:14 UTC