Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that the country’s military has conducted airstrikes in the breakaway state of Tigray against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Ahmed said that missiles, radar equipment, and rockets had been destroyed in the airstrikes around the regional capital of Mekelle. Ethiopia is their country.” The military is mobilizing troops from around the country and sending them to the Northern Command to beef up its forces in Tigray. That is why they have declared war on the people of Tigray.”Prime Minister Ahmed declared a six-month state of emergency for the Tigray region. The national government called the elections illegal and said that the TPLF was laying the groundwork to establish a breakaway state.

Source: Ethiopian News November 09, 2020 12:56 UTC