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US says all sides committed war crimes in Ethiopia conflict

Ethiopian soldiers have been accused of crimes against humanity during the two-year conflict in Tigray, as have Tigrayan, Eritrean and Amhara forces [File: Ben Curtis/AP]

The United States government has concluded that all sides involved in a brutal conflict in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have committed war crimes, including rapes, massacres of civilians, forcible deportations and ethnic cleansing.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that the war crimes had been carried out with “calculated and deliberate” effort by numerous parties during the two-year conflict.

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