Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP
Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP
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Ethiopian forces unleash heavy shelling on Tigray capital as fighting enters final stage

  • Ethiopian government troops began an offensive to capture the regional capital Mekelle, home to 500,000 people
  • Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has pledged to protect civilians in Tigray

Topic |   Africa
Reuters
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Updated: 8:55pm, 28 Nov, 2020

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Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP
Tigray men run to receive cooked rice from a charity organisation at Umm Rakouba refugee camp in eastern Sudan’s Qadarif. Photo: AP
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