NAIROBI: Ethiopia’s prime minister on Friday said his government has carried out airstrikes against the forces of the country’s well-armed Tigray region, asserting that strikes in multiple locations completely destroyed rockets and other heavy weapons” and made it impossible for a retaliatory attack. There was no mention of casualties in what Abiy called the first round of operation” against the region’s government, the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front. Hours earlier, the prime minister defended the military operations that were launched early on Wednesday after Abiy accused the Tigray government of a deadly attack on a military base. And with that, the prime minister appeared to close the door on dialogue, which some experts and diplomats say is desperately needed. The northern Tigray region is increasingly cut off.

Source: Ethiopian News November 07, 2020 02:03 UTC