Tigrayan forces raped women in Ethiopia’s Amhara region

Fighters from Ethiopia’s Tigray region have gang-raped and abused women in neighbouring Amhara region, rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday. Amnesty’s report underscored that the year-long conflict between the central government and Tigrayan forces has been marked by allegations of abuses on all sides. The United Nations aid chief has said sexual violence has been used as a weapon of war. Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) spokesperson Getachew Reda said he had not yet read the Amnesty report but told Reuters: “We take such allegations very seriously and we are ready to co…

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