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Have 600,000 people died in Ethiopia鈥檚 Tigray war?

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

The African Union mediator for the Tigray war, Olusegun Obasanjo, has estimated that 600,000 people have died as a result of the conflict. But Daniel Bekele, Chief Commissioner of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission, spoke to Focus and cautioned against using a specific figure for now.

The government in Burkina Faso says it is searching for 50 women who were abducted by Jihadist militants last week.

Plus there鈥檝e been mixed reactions to a hike in the cost of electricity in South Africa, in the wake of rolling blackouts.

(Picture: An abandoned tank in northern Ethiopia. Credit: Reuters)

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Mon 16 Jan 2023 15:06GMT

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