Ethiopia - Tigray War News Updates -- November 21, 2020

 

DW: Ethiopia: Government forces 'capture Tigray's second-largest city' 

The Ethiopian government says it has captured the city of Adigrat in the insurgency-hit Tigray region. 

Meanwhile, PM Abiy Ahmed has rebuffed an African Union push to mediate in the war with northern rebel forces. 

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office announced Saturday that government security forces had captured the city of Adigrat and was advancing on Mekele, the capital of the northern Tigray region. 

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said that nine people had died among heavy civilian casualties during an assault by federal troops on Adigrat. 

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 Ethiopia - Tigray War News Updates -- November 21, 2020 

Ethiopia rejects African mediation, pushes for rebel-held Tigray capital -- Reuters 

Ethiopia says it captured Tigrayan town of Adigrat -- Al Jazeera 

Ethiopian government troops continue push for Tigray regional capital -- TRT World 

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Ceasefire calls as army claims progress -- BBC 

Ethiopia fighting could drive 200,000 to Sudan in coming months, says UN -- The Guardian 

She fled Ethiopia’s fighting. Now she warns of ‘catastrophe’ -- AP