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Tigray Rebels Claim Territorial Gains in Ethiopian Civil War (Bloomberg)

Post by sarcasm » 23 Jun 2021, 07:33

Forces loyal to the former ruling party in Ethiopia’s dissident Tigray region claimed to have retaken territory lost to federal forces during eight months of fighting, indicating that a civil war in the eastern African nation may be far from over.

Tigray People’s Liberation Front troops, who made a strategic decision to go on the offensive in recent days and target four Ethiopian army divisions, advanced to within about 30 kilometers (19 miles) of Mekelle, Tigray’s regional capital, said Getachew Reda, a member of the party’s executive.


“We have launched an offensive at the divisions which we believed were critical,” Getachew said in an interview via satellite phone. The Ethiopian army and its allies “have abandoned many towns and cities,” and the offensive continues, he said.

Getachew’s claims couldn’t be independently verified by Bloomberg. Billene Seyoum, spokeswoman for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Redwan Hussein, a spokesman for the government’s task force on Tigray, and the region’s interim government didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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Re: Tigray Rebels Claim Territorial Gains in Ethiopian Civil War (Bloomberg)

Post by Abere » 23 Jun 2021, 08:48

Everyone from the Ethiopian side ignores TPLF, because people don't believe it is worth paying attention to habitual lairs . Only the deplorable Bloomberg talks to TPLF. And that is none of Ethiopians business.

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