Image copyright EPA Image caption Five people, including two children, were killed in the Tigray air strike
The Ethiopian government has launched another air raid in its Tigray region, killing five people, including two children.
The second consecutive day of strikes comes after a similar killing on Saturday, in which four civilians were killed.
Ethiopia regularly flies surveillance flights over its disputed region of the Ogaden, but had failed to hit the targets before.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front has been fighting against Ethiopian troops in the disputed region since 1976.
An Ethiopian spokesman did not confirm the latest strikes.
“We have no official statement,” Bereket Simon said.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who came to power in April last year, has acknowledged differences with ethnic Tigrayans and recently convened talks with the military.
Ogaden rebel groups
Image copyright AFP Image caption Civilians often cite the drought as the main cause of violence
In a statement, the Ethiopian government said it launched the air strikes in response to “indiscriminate firing by [the] Ogaden National Liberation Front”.
It added: “The attack was directed at the local government facility to demonstrate its state’s determination to combat this force.”
The rebels have been fighting Ethiopia for 30 years and say there are nearly 10,000 Ethiopian troops fighting in the northern region, over the border in Somalia.
Ethiopia accuses the fighters of collaborating with the Somali militant group al-Shabab and has threatened to send troops across the border into Somalia to fight against them.
Al-Shabab is blamed for recent attacks in Ethiopia that killed more than a dozen civilians.
Crowd-pleasing policies
On Sunday, protesters were again gathered to demand justice.
In the city of Gondar, there were clashes between supporters of the Derg opposition group and the newly-regained Oromo Liberation Front.
Mr Abiy has implemented some measures that are broadly popular, including granting sweeping freedoms to civil society groups.
But despite the new approaches and symbolic gestures, tensions are rising in many parts of the country, such as the country’s Oromia region.
Tensions in the Ogaden region
The government says it is playing a “defensive role” in the region of the Ogaden – where the Oromo and Ogadeni ethnic groups are located – and accused the new leader of being “not committed to peaceful solutions”.
The Ogaden has suffered drought for decades and many in the region are well aware of why people are gathered this weekend.
Tensions rose last year when anti-government protesters were killed in Gondar following the arrests of student leaders.
