Australia is deeply concerned at reports of airstrikes on the Tigray capital, Mekelle, and the escalation of conflict in northern Ethiopia. Australia condemns the ongoing fighting, use of sexual violence and severe restrictions on humanitarian access. https://t.co/iTaQQsjAfZ

— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 20, 2021

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Excellent interview by BBC Focus on Africa with National Public Radio reporter in Kombolcha – 25 km South of Dessie – describes truck loads of young men being sent to the front line with no more than axes, hoes and machetes. Then interview with Gatachewhttps://t.co/4UvIS29uoe

— Martin Plaut (@martinplaut) October 20, 2021

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