Ethiopia’s military operations in north have limited objectives: PM

Ethiopia’s prime minister on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 ordered the military to confront the Tigray regional government after he said it attacked a military base overnight, citing months of “provocation and incitement.” (File/AP)

• Ethiopia mobilized for war in the northern Tigray region on Thursday

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s federal military operations in the north have “clear, limited and achievable objectives,” Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Friday.
Ethiopia mobilized for war in the northern Tigray region on Thursday, dashing international hopes of averting a conflict between Abiy’s government and a powerful ethnic faction that led the ruling coalition for decades.