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Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Dozens killed in airstrike at camp, say aid staff
Source: BBC
Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: Dozens killed in airstrike at camp, say aid staff
8 January 2022
Fifty-six people have been killed and dozens more injured in an airstrike on a camp for the displaced in northern Ethiopia, aid workers say.
Images on social media purportedly show people receiving treatment after the strike on a school in the town of Dedebit, in Ethiopia's Tigray region.
There has been no independent confirmation of the attack.
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While clashes on the ground between the Ethiopian military and a rebel alliance - led by Tigrayans - have temporarily stopped, airstrikes against rebel positions have continued.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59921355