Tigray forces say they are in control of capital
The Hindu
Federal soldiers, govt. officials flee
Tigrayan forces made further gains against Ethiopian government troops and their allies on Tuesday, with a spokesman reporting they were in full control of the regional capital, residents said Eritrean forces had left. “We are 100% in control of Mekelle,” Getachew Reda, spokesman for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), said on Tuesday, referring to the regional capital. There had been some fighting on the outskirts of the city, but that was now finished, he said. “Our forces are still in hot pursuit to south, east, to continue until every square inch of territory is cleared from the enemy.”
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