The United Nations children's agency UNICEF has denounced an airstrike that "hit a kindergarten" in Ethiopia's Tigray region, leaving at least four people, including two children dead. Russell stressed that the children of Ethiopia are at risk once again amid the escalating violence and called all parties to "agree to an immediate cessation of hostilities." "Yet again, an escalation of violence in northern Ethiopia has caused children to pay the heaviest price. Friday's strike came days after fighting between government forces and Tigrayan fighters resumed in the region's southern border. Government forces accused of targeting civilian infrastructureThe Ethiopian air force has been accused of hitting the residential area in which the kindergarten was situated, claims the government denied.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2022 16:25 UTC