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| - AFP journalists have gained access to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, where federal forces this month launched a campaign aimed at forcing out the ruling Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The team has filed exclusive stories across all media platforms on this spiralling conflict, whose repercussions are being felt across the Horn of Africa. We will shortly file the latest in the series: Ethiopia-unrest-Tigray, SCENE DANSHA Shell casings litter the ground and bullet holes are punched in the walls of buildings and sides of military trucks: this is the scene at a barracks in Dansha, where the first shots were fired in a war that has engulfed Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray, killing hundreds and forcing tens of thousands from their homes. 1,000 words 1430 GMT by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video. Graphic. We have previously filed: Ethiopia-Tigray-conflict,SCENE HUMERA, Ethiopia A pair of burnt-out tanks now signals the entrance to the Tigray town of Humera, where the streets are lined with rubble and residents remain in shock after an Ethiopian army assault. 970 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet. Picture. Video Ethiopia-Tigray-Sudan-refugee-conflict,FOCUS MAI-KADRA Scores of freshly-dug graves fill the church compound in Mai-Kadra. Shovels abandoned by weary hands are strewn on the dirt among empty cans of lemon air freshener that fail to mask the stench of death. 1,000 words moved by Robbie Corey-Boulet and Abdelmoneim Abu Idris Ali. Picture. Video. Graphic. AFP
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