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Rights groups warn of 'war crimes' and 'ethnic cleansing' in Ethiopia's Tigray

A man stands in front of his destroyed house in the village of Bisober, in Ethiopia's Tigray region, on 9 December, 2020. AFP - EDUARDO SOTERAS

Two rights groups on Wednesday accused Ethiopian security forces and their allies of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing in Tigray, a long-contested part of northern Ethiopia.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians had been targeted since the outbreak of Ethiopia's war in November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops in to topple rebels.

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