Abiy Ahmed accuses TPLF of fighting along aid corridors

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has accused the Tigray People’s Liberation Front of fighting along aid corridors in the war-torn region of Tigray, and promised to repel attacks by what he called ‘internal and external enemies’. There are fears that continued violence in Tigray will prevent aid reaching hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine.

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(Photo: A food distribution centre in Mekelle, Tigray; Credit: Getty Images)