The US on Friday condemned reports of a recent series of mass killings, detentions and expulsions in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. State Department spokesman Ned Price issued a statement noting that the US is “gravely concerned by unconfirmed news reports alleging mass detentions, killings and forced expulsions of ethnic Tigrayans in western Tigray by Amhara security forces". The UN reported that the conflict has displaced about 1.2 million people from western Tigray since the conflict began last year and has spilt over into the rest of the country. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed — the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize Winner — recently returned to Addis Ababa from the battlefront. Expand Autoplay Image 1 of 19 Captive Ethiopian soldiers arrive at the Mekelle Rehabilitation Centre in Tigray, Ethiopia, after a four-day journey from Abdi Eshir.

Source: Ethiopian News December 17, 2021 18:18 UTC