Rebel forces in Ethiopia's Tigray launch new offensive
Mekonnen Nega, member of a peacekeeping unit of the Amhara militia in Dansha, walks with this gun in a market in the city of Dansha, Ethiopia, on July 10, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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Abiy -- who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for his efforts of rapprochement with neighbouring Eritrea -- sent the army into Tigray last November to oust the region's once-dominant ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
