16 Nov 2020

Ethiopia conflict could cause civil war

From Morning Report, 8:46 am on 16 November 2020

In Ethiopia, a twelve day conflict between the Ethiopian government and regional forces in the northern Tigray region could push the country into a civil war.

The Tigrayan forces fired rockets across the border into neighbouring Eritrea as a warning shot to Eritrean forces to stay out of the conflict.

Thousands of civilians have fled to Sudan and the UN anticipate thousands more will cross the border as conflict escalates.

Corin Dann speaks to Coletta Wanjohi who is in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.