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100,000 displaced by fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara region, 8,000 in Afar region - U.N. aid chief

FILE PHOTO: A member of Amhara Special Forces stands guard along a street in Humera town, Ethiopia July 1, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

The United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday 100,000 people have been displaced by fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara region and 8,000 in its Afar region.

In recent weeks fighting has spread into the two regions neighbouring Tigray, where a war erupted eight months ago between Ethiopia's central government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).

Afar regional spokesperson Ahmed Koloyta and Amhara spokesperson Gizachew Muluneh did not respond to requests for comment.

(Reporting by Addis Ababa newsroom; Writing by Giulia Paravicini; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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