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05/12/2020 GMT

A doctor who fled Tigray says government forces attacked his town

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Dr Tewedros Tefera says the Tigrayan town of Humera was attacked with heavy shelling

Dr Tewedros Tefera says the Tigrayan town of Humera was attacked with heavy shelling by Ethiopian government forces.

A rare eyewitness account from events in Tigray describes a town being attacked by government forces. Dr Tewedros Tefera, a medical doctor, says some of those he treated were civilians. Also: the UK became the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for use, through an internationally recognised process, is this a “game-changer” for international efforts to end the pandemic? And Denmark’s first female Muslim member of parliament discusses her new book based on her own experiences of prejudice.

Joining Celia Hatton to discuss these and other issues are Lone Thiels, Danish crime novelist and journalist; and Andrea Sella a broadcaster and professor of chemistry at University College London. 

(Photo: Ethiopian refugees from Tigray region wait in line to receive aid at the Um Rakuba refugee camp Credit: EPA/ALA KHEIR)

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