Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Deepens as Abiy Cease-Fire Fails
- Tigray forces retake towns after capturing regional capital
- Prime Minister Abiy asks people to ‘support defense forces’
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The northern Ethiopia conflict may be headed for a dangerous turn after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s unilateral cease-fire failed and he backed calls to resist Tigray forces advancing to retake territory.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, which federal troops had initially overrun after fighting that started in November, recaptured the state capital, Mekelle, and have taken back control of more towns, including Mai Tsebri, Alamata and Korem, according to TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda.