Ethiopia: Renewed air strikes on the capital of the Tigray region

There have been air strikes on the city of Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, residents and rebel officials have told the BBC. Federal forces have been fighting the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the north of the country for nearly a year.

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(Image: Ethiopia troops. Getty Images)