NAIROBI( AFP)-Tigrayan rebels on Friday( Dec 10) denied having looted any food stocks, including

marching southward. According to the Guardian, the Tigrayan rebels also joined with forces from the

relatives, according to captured fighters and residents.... The testimony suggests some Tigrayans, who

ADDIS ABABA( Reuters)-Every afternoon, Getachew Megersa searches the Ethiopian capital for undercover agents.... " I am now safeguarding my city with a stick, but if it is required and they give me a weapon, I will do the same," the former soldier told Reuters.... Relations quickly soured between Abiy's government and the TPLF....

after Tigrayan rebels seized two crucial towns in an apparent push towards the capital, state

Abiy is part Oromo and support from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group helped propel him to power after years of anti-government protests.He lost some of that support when security forces detained thousands of Oromos, some of whom accused him of not doing enough for the community.... Several Oromo leaders were also detained in the wake of deadly riots that killed hundreds.... The TPLF has since forged an alliance with the Oromo Liberation Army( OLA), which is also fighting the central government.

The Ethiopian government has launched a “ staggering ” ground offensive against rebel Tigrayan

Forces from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have taken control of the town of Lalibela, home of 12th-and 13th-century monolithic churches designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, Reuters reported Thursday. Support our journalism.... Tens of thousands of visitors usually visit Lalibela on the Orthodox Easter weekend to be near the churches hewed out of solid rock below ground level. But tourism dropped after a war broke out in November between the federal army and forces from the Tigray Peo

from the Tigrayan capital Mekelle, told Reuters: “ After the defeat of Abiy’s forces we are saying

well as militias from the Amhara region, against the TPLF and other Tigrayan militias.... The TPLF