The refugees from western Tigray said they were among the few Tigrayans in the region who until recently were still living on their own properties, even if they were regularly detained or forced to pay money to avoid detention. All the other Tigrayans they knew, they said, had been forcibly expelled, had fled to Sudan or farther into Tigray, had joined the Tigrayan militias, were in indefinite detention or were dead.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2021 04:57 UTC