DANSHA, ETHIOPIA (REUTERS) - An escalating conflict in Ethiopia's restive Tigray region has killed hundreds of people, sources on the government's side said, even as the prime minister sought on Monday (Nov 9) to reassure the world his nation was not sliding into civil war. The flare-up in the northern area bordering Eritrea and Sudan threatens to destabilise Africa's second most populous nation, where ethnic conflict has already killed hundreds since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over in 2018. Three security sources in Amhara working with the federal troops said the Ethiopian army had also lost hundreds in the original battle in Dansha. Reuters has been unable to verify numbers, though a diplomat also said hundreds were believed to have died. On a road into Dansha from the neighbouring Amhara region - which is backing the federal government - huts in a string of villages appeared abandoned.

Source: Ethiopian News November 09, 2020 14:13 UTC