Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced that his army is now “fully in control” of Tigray’s regional capital of Mekele. The leader of the rebellious Tigray forces, however, says the conflict will continue. Tigray rebels, meanwhile, claimed fighters have shot down a federal military jet and retaken the town of Axum. Claims from both sides are difficult to verify as phone and internet links to the region have been down and access tightly controlled. Abiy’s government had been trying to suppress a rebellion from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a powerful ethnically based party that dominated the region from 1991 until Abiy came to power in 2018.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy declares victory in Tigray conflict | DW News
