Ethiopia accused over villages

Asmara - Eritrea yesterday accused Ethiopia of destroying six Eritrean villages in a border area which Ethiopia occupied during…

Asmara - Eritrea yesterday accused Ethiopia of destroying six Eritrean villages in a border area which Ethiopia occupied during fighting between the two countries in February.

"Administrators in the zone now report that Ethiopian forces have destroyed houses and villages and, in some cases, razed entire villages to the ground," the Eritrean news agency said.

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