The money for helping capture heads of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) was announced on state-run broadcaster EBC and tweeted by a government taskforce. TPLF leaders, possibly hiding in surrounding mountains since they lost Tigray’s capital on Nov. 28, had said they were fighting back. Some power and phone links have been restored after a virtual blackout since the federal offensive began on Nov. 4. Aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian crisis in Tigray, where about 600,000 people depended on food aid even before the war. The United Nations and other agencies are still pressing for safe access to most of the region.

Source: bd News24 December 18, 2020 14:48 UTC