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Ethiopian military operation in Tigray region is over, hunt for Tigray leaders begins

Ethiopian military operation in Tigray region is over, hunt for Tigray leaders begins

THE Ethiopian government launched a manhunt for leaders of a rebellious faction in the northern region of Tigrayafter announcing federal troops had taken over the regional capital and military operations were complete. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed government has been trying to quell a rebellion by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a powerful ethnically-based party that dominated the central government from 1991 until Abiy came to power in 2018. He said on Saturday evening federal troops had taken control of the Tigrayan capital Mekelle within hours of launching an offensive there, laying to rest fears of protracted fighting in the…
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