Hours earlier, the prime minister defended the military operations that were launched early Wednesday after Abiy accused the Tigray government of a deadly attack on a military base. The northern Tigray region is increasingly cut off. The federal police asserted that its members guarding 22 locations throughout Tigray had came under attack from TPLF forces in recent days. Tigray borders Eritrea, which fought a years-long war with Ethiopia before the two countries made peace in 2018. The Tigray government and Eritrea don’t get along, and the TPLF this week accused Eritrea of teaming up with Ethiopia’s federal government to target it.

Source: Ethiopian News November 06, 2020 19:41 UTC