Most analysts thought it would take a year or two of guerilla war for the rebels in Tigray to drive Ethiopian federal forces out of their state, but it has only taken eight months. “The capital of Tigray, Mekelle, is under our control,” Getachew Reda, spokesperson for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, told Reuters on satellite phone on Monday. This could even be the first act in the disintegration of the old Ethiopian empire. It looked like a walk-over, and by the end of November Abiy declared that the fighting was over. Ethiopia held the towns, and the front held the rest.

Source: Ethiopian News July 05, 2021 14:37 UTC