Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country's defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country's defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. The Tigray government, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, made its own claim. Communications remain almost completely cut off in Tigray, with airports and roads closed, complicating efforts to verify either side’s assertions. Concerns are growing that tensions over the conflict could lead to the targeting of ethnic Tigrayans.

Source: Ethiopian News November 08, 2020 11:59 UTC