Ethiopian PM says military operations have ‘clear, limited and achievable objectives’
He is mobilising troops from around the country after two days of clashes with the powerful Tigray People’s Liberation Front
06 November 2020 - 12:01
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s federal military operations in the north have “clear, limited and achievable objectives”, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday, after the head of the UN said he was deeply alarmed by fighting in the country’s Tigray region.
Abiy’s government is mobilising troops from around the country and sending them to Tigray, after two days of clashes between government forces and a powerful ethnic faction that led the country’s ruling coalition for decades...
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