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Ethiopian government reports taking control of ‘heavily bombarded’ Tigray capital Mekelle
Ethiopian federal forces have taken “full control” of the Tigray region’s capital, Mekelle, according to the nation’s Prime Minister and the military’s chief of staff.
Key points:
- Local media reported Mekelle was being “heavily bombarded”,
- The Ethiopian and Tigray governments each regard the other as illegal
- The fighting threatens to destabilise Ethiopia, described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa
Tigray TV reported the city was being “heavily bombarded”.
Authorities earlier said government forces were in the final stages of an offensive in the region in a quest to arrest the region’s defiant leaders.
Humanitarians said the shelling in Mekelle, a densely populated city of half a million people, had immediately raised concerns…
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