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Eritrean troops disguised as Ethiopian military are blocking critical aid in Tigray
CNN
Despite a promise to leave, Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia's Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking aid to starving populations.
Axum, Ethiopia — Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia's war-torn northern Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking humanitarian aid to starving populations more than a month after the country's Nobel Peace Prize winning leader pledged to the international community that they would leave.![](/newspic/picid-6252001-20250206034049.jpg)
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