Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopians flee Amhara region violence, crossing into Sudan
Violence, previously confined to the Tigray region, is spreading westwards into Amhara and other areas
Three thousand Ethiopian asylum-seekers crossed into Sudan late Monday, according to a government report seen by AFP, hailing from the Amhara region which borders the conflict-hit Tigray region.
The two regions, which both border Sudan, are locked in a decades-old land dispute that has become central to an eight-month-old war in Tigray.
“Three thousand people from the Qemant tribe crossed the border late today (Monday) into Taya village” in El-Gedaref state, the Sudanese government report said. More asylum-seekers from the war-torn region were pouring in, it added.