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Ethiopia
Abiy locks down Tigray and keeps Europe and the US in the dark

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, during a question-and-answer session to the government, 30 November. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The long European tour just made by Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen was intended to disarm the regime's critics and enable prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali to complete his military programme in the Tigray region. [...]

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