Rebel commander pledged to continue fighting government-allied forces who seized Ethiopia’s Tigray capital.
An official in Tigray’s new federally backed administration has urged rebel forces to lay down their weapons in the northern Ethiopian region.
The call on Friday came hours after a rebel commander told his fighters to continue resisting government-backed forces despite losing control of Mekelle, the Tigray region’s capital.
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Fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) were forced to withdraw from Mekelle in early October, after government-allied fighters entered the city to crush a rebel attempt to overthrow Ethiopia’s government.
Ethiopia’s government then installed a six-month caretaker…
