Tigray Rebels in Ethiopia Retake Regional Capital: Live Updates
Source: New York Times
The rebels are consolidating their hold on the capital, Mekelle, and its outskirts after Ethiopian government forces retreated, in a dramatic turn in the eight-month civil war.
Eight months after Ethiopia’s Army attacked the northern region of Tigray, the civil war has taken a major turn: Tigrayan fighters, now on the offensive, began consolidating control of the regional capital on Tuesday.
Having marched through the night, a column of Tigrayan reinforcements reached the regional capital, Mekelle, just after dawn and were received with a wave of relief and euphoria.
Residents filed from their homes, chanting and cheering, as the fighters walked through the streets — just a dozen in this early group, led by a woman in camouflage, carrying an AK-47 and waving the region’s flag.
“The Woyane have won,” cried jubilant young men who jogged alongside the group, using a term for revolutionaries.
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