But the government will take whatever measures necessary to ensure the party ruling Tigray – the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) – does not present a threat, government spokesperson Legesse Tulu told a news conference. Government forces stayed in Tigray for the first eight months of the war, before withdrawing in June following heavy battlefield casualties. On Wednesday, an airstrike hit a power substation in Mekelle, the Tigrayan capital, regional media and two humanitarian sources there said. The strike jeopardizes power access in the northern region, already scant following 13 months of conflict with the federal government. Access to the national electricity and communications networks was shut down in Tigray after federal forces left the region in late June.

Source: Ethiopian News December 23, 2021 17:55 UTC