More than a year of conflict has plunged 9.4 million people "into a critical situation of food assistance" in the regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara. (AFP Archive)Tigray rebels have reportedly recaptured the north Ethiopian town of Lalibela, home to a UNESCO world heritage site, 11 days after Ethiopian forces said they had taken it back. Tigrayan rebels "are in the town centre, there's no fighting," a resident told AFP news agency on Sunday. The rebels recaptured most of Tigray at the end of June, then advanced into the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara. Ethiopian state television has also published pictures of what it described as the looting of a hospital in the town of Dessie by Tigrayan rebels.

Source: Ethiopian News December 12, 2021 20:30 UTC