Rebel fighters closing in ‘on every side’, official says, and celebratory gunfire heard in local capital
The interim government of Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray region have fled their posts as rebels advanced into the local capital, according to local residents, 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.
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