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Friday, 6 August, 2021

Ethiopia: Tigray People’s Liberation Front rebels take control of UNESCO site Lalibela

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Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region on Thursday seized Lalibela, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the neighbouring Amhara region famed for its 12th-century rock-hewn churches, residents told AFP.

“They came in the afternoon, and there was not any fighting. There were no security forces around. The TPLF forces are in the town now,” said one resident, referring to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

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Sunday, 1 August, 2021

Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege 3 key cities

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Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces.

Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar.

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Saturday, 31 July, 2021

Burma-Myanmar: Dozens of People Defense Force (PDF) fighters seized in Sagaing region

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Almost 60 civilian resistance People Defense Force (PDF) fighters in Mingin were detained while they tried to attack a Sagaing Region village on Wednesday.

At about 5am on Wednesday, civilian resistance fighters attacked Pan Set and Taungbyu villages, which are strongholds of Pyu-Saw-Htee military allies who are armed with automatic rifles by the junta, according to the PDF.

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Wednesday, 28 July, 2021

Ethiopia: Thousands of Ethiopians flee Amhara region violence, crossing into Sudan

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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.

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Monday, 26 July, 2021

Afghanistan: Over 22,000 Afghan families flee from Kandahar, once a bastion of Taliban

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More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week’s rocket attack on Kabul.

Since early May, violence has surged across several provinces including in Kandahar after the insurgents launched a sweeping offensive just days after the US-led foreign forces began their final withdrawal.

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