Both sides in Ethiopia’s conflict stand accused of war crimes
A Tigrayan offensive has spread suffering beyond its borders
YELLOW DAISIES blossom, like poppies in Flanders, among the bodies rotting in the fields. Of their former lives only glimpses remain: a scarf soaked in mud; a torn fragment of uniform; the toe of a plastic sandal poking through the dirt. Some have been buried under stones and leaves. Others have been left to lie in the open, limbs ravaged by dogs, torsos blackened and bloated from the rain.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Bodies in the fields”
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