Tigray crisis: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed orders military response to ‘attack’
11-03-2020 – BBC Reported: –
Mr Abiy accused the region’s ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), of launching the attack. The cabinet has declared a state of emergency in the region for six months. BBC Tigrinya’s Girmay Gebru reports that sounds of gunfire could be heard in Tigray’s regional capital, Mekelle, early on Wednesday morning but calm has since returned.