NAIROBI, Kenya: Eritreas government is rejecting as outrageous lies a story by The Associated Press in which witnesses describe a massacre of several hundred people carried out by Eritrean soldiers in Ethiopias Tigray region.
Information Minister Yemane Gebremeskel criticized Thursdays story on the massacre in Ethiopias holy city of Axum in a series of Twitter posts on Friday.
Relevant Ethiopian institutions had long ascertained the utter fallacy of the story, he said. Neighboring Ethiopia has repeatedly denied the presence of Eritrean soldiers in its Tigray region, which has been largely cut off from the world since fighting began in November between Ethiopian and allied forces and those of Tigray.
Gebremeskel has not responded to AP questions throughout the months-long Tigray conflict,
Eritrea’s government has not confirmed the presence of reportedly thousands of its soldiers in Tigray.
Witnesses from several communities in Tigray have accused them of widespread looting, killing…