Air Strike Hits Ethiopia’s Northern Tigray Region Capital

FILE: People are seen in front of clouds of black smoke from fires in the aftermath of an airstrike in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia, on October 20, 2021. AP

An air strike hit the capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region on Tuesday, an official at a hospital said.

The air strike happened days after Tigray's regional government said it was ready for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process in its war with the central government that erupted in November 2020. read more