I don't know how he survived the past two years, but I'm just glad he's alive," recalls Beniam Yetbarek, a 30-year-old Seattle-based photographer. I also cried," a 42-year-old man in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa told AFP, on condition of anonymity. As the access to Tigray is restricted, it is impossible for AFP to independently verify the situation on the ground. For Beniam Yetbarek, the hardest part was not knowing the fate of his family in Aksum, where hundreds of civilians were massacred in November 2020. The national electricity company announced on Tuesday the return of power throughout Tigray within two weeks.

Source: Ethiopian News January 13, 2023 18:07 UTC