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Updated December 18, 2020
In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018 Abiy Ahmed, Chairman of Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO) looks on in Addis Ababa. Samuel Gebru / AFP
Ethiopia on Friday offered a reward in exchange for information that could help locate leaders of the Tigray region’s ruling party, who have been the target of a major military offensive.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced the military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, saying it came in response to TPLF-orchestrated attacks on federal army camps.
Abiy declared victory after federal forces took the regional capital Mekele in late November, but the UN says clashes persist in the region and TPLF leaders remain on the run.
2020/12/18 19:31 A member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff stands next to a truck during a mission to deliver medical assistance to the reg. A member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff stands next to a truck during a mission to deliver medical assistance to the region s main hospital in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region, in Ethiopia on Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. According to ICRC, teams have now begun to distribute the first international aid to arrive in Mekele since fighting erupted with medical supplies going to Ayder Hospital, the Regional Health Bureau, and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society pharmacy, to help care for more than 400 trauma patients and to treat those with chronic and routine medical conditions. (ICRC via AP)
Andrew Meldrum December 18, 2020 - 3:32 AM
JOHANNESBURG - Ethiopia is offering a reward of more than $250,000 for information on the whereabouts of Tigrayâs rebellious leaders who fled the regional capital Mekele three weeks ago.
The state broadcaster EBC quoted an Ethiopian Defence Forces official on Friday morning as saying the government is offering 10 million birr (around $257,000) for information leading to the capture of the leaders of Tigray Peoples Liberation Front who led the region s conflict against the federal government.
âThe offer is made to apprehend the TPLF leaders in a short span of time,â Lt. Gen. Asrat Denero said on the broadcaster.
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In this file photo taken on March 28, 2018 Abiy Ahmed, Chairman of Oromo Peoples’ Democratic Organization (OPDO) looks on in Addis Ababa. Samuel Gebru / AFP
Ethiopia on Friday offered a reward in exchange for information that could help locate leaders of the Tigray region’s ruling party, who have been the target of a major military offensive.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, last year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner, announced the military campaign against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) on November 4, saying it came in response to TPLF-orchestrated attacks on federal army camps.
Abiy declared victory after federal forces took the regional capital Mekele in late November, but the UN says clashes persist in the region and TPLF leaders remain on the run.