Eritrean troops fighting in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray killed hundreds of people in Aksum mainly over two days in November, witnesses say. The mass killings on 28 and 29 November may amount to a crime against humanity, Amnesty International says in a report. An eyewitness told the BBC how bodies remained unburied on the streets for days, with many being eaten by hyenas. Eritrea’s Information Minister Yemane G Meskel has dismissed the accusations as “preposterous”. In a tweet, he suggested that the interviews were conducted with militiamen allied to Tigray’s former ruling party, the TPLF, whose dispute with Ethiopia’s federal government led to the conflict in the region.

The Ethiopian Human Rights commission says the report should be “taken seriously” and that it was investigating the allegations. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea deny that Eritrean forces have been involved in the Tigray conflict.(BBC)…[+]