Brussels, Aug 28:The European Union on Sunday condemned reports of an airstrike on a kindergarten during renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia and called on the parties to engage in peace negotiations. Multiple civilians, including children, died in an airstrike on a kindergarten in the capital of the war-torn Ethiopian province of Tigray, dpa news agency reported quoting local media reports on Friday. Fighting between the Ethiopian national army and fighters with the separatist Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) flared up again this week. Fighting began in 2020, when the TPLF began efforts to break away from Ethiopia, prompting fighting that at times saw Tigray’s borders shut to food and aid and, at other times, saw TPLF fighters threatening to assault Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. According to the media reports, the Ethiopian military was behind the attack on Tigray’s capital Mek’ele.

Source: Ethiopian News August 28, 2022 13:11 UTC