Horrific accounts from a brutal war in Ethiopia that has left tens of thousands dead.
Hyenas scavenging on the corpses of villagers, cities and towns hit in air strikes, elderly men and young women conscripted into armies - these are the horrific accounts emerging from a war that has left tens, if not hundreds, of thousands dead in Ethiopia's historic region of Tigray.
Over the last two years, the fortunes of the two sides have constantly changed on the battlefield, with: "There are at least 500,000 Eritrean and Ethiopian federal troops in active combat, plus 200,000 from the Tigrayan side," said Alex de Waal, the executive director of the US-based World Peace Foundation.
Almost all humanitarian workers withdrew from Shire last week after it came under ferocious bombardment from Ethiopian forces. What made the atrocity stand out, he said, was the fact that most of the victims came from the small Kunama ethnic group, which has not been involved in the conflict. "The enemy opens fire and kills many of them, but they keep coming in waves until the enemy runs of ammunition and they occupy their trenches.
Mr Roble added that the Tigrayan army was well-trained, with "the heart" to fight, but the Ethiopian army had two advantages: numbers and airpower. Eritrea regained the territory soon after the latest war started in November 2020, and its critics say that President Isaias Afwerki is determined to help Mr Abiy finish off the TPLF so that it does not threaten his nation again.
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