Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict: fighting intensifies in the north
Tigrayans say regional capital, Mekelle, has come under aerial bombardment.
The authorities in the Ethiopian region of Tigray say the regional capital Mekelle has been hit by air strikes and they have accused the federal government of bombing a hospital. Addis Ababa has not responded.
The last Soviet era leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died. What did he mean for the continent at the end of the 20th century?
And we meet Ghanaian comedienne, Lassu, who attributes her rise to fame to her TikTok videos.
Photo: A general view of Tigray's regional capital city, Mekelle.
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