Tension in Ethiopia as Tigrayan forces advance
08 November 2021 |
1:06 pm
A year after the conflict started in northern Ethiopia, fears are growing that TPLF forces could reach Addis Ababa. There has been an uptick in arrests of Tigrayan residents in the capital.
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