NAIROBI: The capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region was hit by an air strike on Tuesday, hospital officials and Tigrayan rebels said. “This is happening after the Govt of Tigray established a negotiating team & expressed its readiness for peace talks,” he said. Access to northern Ethiopia is severely restricted and Tigray has been under a communications blackout for over a year. Tigray has been hit by several air strikes since fighting resumed in late August between government forces and their allies and TPLF rebels in northern Ethiopia. The government has accused the TPLF of staging civilian deaths from air strikes to manufacture outrage, and insists it only targets military sites.

Source: Ethiopian News September 13, 2022 07:06 UTC