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 to reassure the world his nation was not sliding into civil war. A military official in Amhara, on the side of the federal troops, told Reuters that clashes with Tigrayan forces in Kirakir, near the Tigray-Amhara border, had killed nearly 500 Tigrayan forces. Three security sources in Amhara working with the federal troops said the Ethiopian army had also lost hundreds in the original battle in Dansha. TPLF forces and militia allies number up to 250,000 men and possess significant hardware, experts say. 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 13:52 UTC