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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Ethiopian police ask residents in Tigray regional capital to help restore order after rebel pullout

Ethiopia Tigray Fighting - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Ethiopia's federal police fanned out Friday across the regional capital of Tigray after anti-government forces pulled out, driving in vehicles and calling on residents over loudspeakers to help establish a new administration following the rebels' withdrawal.

Over the weekend, government-allied fighters had entered Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, after the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, announced its withdrawal.

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