Dozens of Eritrean civilians stayed in Tesseney during the latest brief Ethiopian occupation, and said they saw Ethiopian civilians looting their houses. "The central square was full of trucks, and Ethiopian civilians, a lot of them women, were loading them with everything they could find." Ten kilometres to the south, the village of Aligdne also bears testament to the destruction that has accompanied this vicious war. Villagers said Ethiopian troops burned Aligdne on Sunday, the very day the peace deal was signed in Algeria. Mohammed Suleiman returned to Tesseney after fleeing to Sudan to find his home ruined and looted.

Source: Ethiopian News September 12, 2017 19:18 UTC