Conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray Likely Claimed 600,000 Lives Says African Union Peace Mediator

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Around 600,000 people are estimated to have been killed during an armed conflict between the Ethiopian government forces and the rebels in the restive Tigray region, Former Nigerian President and the African Union's lead mediator in the peace talks, Olusegun Obasanjo, told the Financial Times on Sunday.