Ethiopian military air strikes have hit the capital of the country’s Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said, returning the war abruptly to Mekele after several months of peace.
Ethiopian military air strikes have hit the capital of the country’s Tigray region and killed at least three people, witnesses said, returning the war abruptly to Mekele after several months of peace. T he air strikes, confirmed by two humanitarian workers, came days after a new military offensive was launched against the Tigray forces who have been fighting Ethiopian and allied forces for nearly a year. Mekele has not seen fighting since late June, when the Tigray forces retook much of the region and Ethiopian troops withdrew. Since then, Ethiopia’s federal government has called all able citizens to crush the Tigray fighters who dominated the national government for 27 years before being sidelined by prime minister Abiy Ahmed. What began as a political dispute in Africa’s second-most populous country has now killed thousands of people.
