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Ethiopian military operation in Tigray is complete, prime minister says
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says a military offensive in the nation’s the Tigray region is complete and federal troops control the regional capital, a major development in a three-week-old war that has shaken the Horn of Africa.
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
Less than an hour earlier, he said in a statement: “The Federal Government is now fully in control of the city of Mekelle.”
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