NAIROBI, Kenya — New satellite images of a refugee camp in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region show more than 400 structures have been badly damaged in what a research group believes is the latest “intentional attack” by fighters. The fighting has swept through the camps and two of them, including Shimelba, remain inaccessible to aid workers. The new report says the satellite images show “smouldering ruins, blackening of structures and collapsed roofs.” The structures, it said, “match the profile of mud-brick dwellings constructed by the refugees themselves. Grandi noted “many reliable reports and firsthand accounts” of abuses including the forced return of refugees to Eritrea. Fighting continues in parts of the Tigray region.

Source: Ethiopian News January 17, 2021 06:46 UTC