ETHIOPIA’S Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has for the first time yesterday conceded that atrocities such as rape took place in Tigray, during the war. In a parliamentary address, Ahmed promised that the perpetrators would be punished. He also disclosed that troops from neighbouring Eritrea entered the northern Tigray region during the five-month-old conflict, the first such acknowledgement after months of denials. Fighting erupted in Tigray after forces loyal to the then-governing party there - the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) - attacked army bases across the region overnight and in the early hours of November 4. The attacks initially overwhelmed…