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Ethiopia's conflict stokes humanitarian and virus crisis

by Cara AnnaFay Abuelgasim
| December 5, 2020 11:37 PM

HAMDAYET, Sudan (AP) — Ethiopia’s month-long war in its northern Tigray region has severely hampered efforts to fight one of Africa’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, as the fighting has displaced almost 1 million people and strained local humanitarian services to the breaking point.

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