Abiy, who won last year's Nobel Peace Prize, said he launched the air strikes after the TPLF attacked a federal military base and tried to steal equipment. His government cut phone and internet communications to the region, according to the digital rights group Access Now, making it impossible to verify official accounts. BATTLE-HARDENEDAbiy, who is from the Oromo ethnic group, Ethiopia's largest, has sacked many senior generals as part of a crackdown on past rights abuses and corruption which Tigrayans complain unfairly targets them. The Northern Command is one of Ethiopia's four military commands and controls the border with Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. More than 50 people were killed by gunmen from a rival ethnic group in western Ethiopia on Sunday, Amnesty International said.

Source: Ethiopian News November 07, 2020 07:58 UTC