The Guardian: Interim government of Tigray flees as rebels seize capital
Spokesperson for Tigray People’s Liberation Front says Mekelle is ‘under our control’
The interim government of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region have fled their posts as rebels seized the local capital, marking a dramatic development in the nearly eight-month-old conflict.
“The capital of Tigray, Mekelle, is under our control,” Getachew Reda, the spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), told Reuters by satellite phone.
Federal troops invaded Tigray in November to depose the regional ruling party after attacks on government military bases.
The TPLF was ousted within six weeks and the conflict has become a grinding guerrilla war and triggered a humanitarian crisis.
The UN has said 350,000 people are on the brink of famine.
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