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Ethiopia vows to seize airports, facilities in Tigray as AU calls for truce

Ethiopian National Defence forces conducting exercises. © STR/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Ethiopia's government has vowed to seize control of airports and other federal facilities in the country's Tigray region, a day after the African Union appealed for a ceasefire.

On Sunday, AU Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat called for an immediate and unconditional truce as combat has intensified in northern Ethiopia, where pro-government forces and rebels from the Tigray region have been fighting for nearly two years.

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