Ethiopia PM says Tigray operation over after army seizes Mekelle

Prime minister says military operations in Tigray ‘completed and ceased’ after army seizes Mekelle; but no immediate statement from TPLF.

The government began military operations against the TPLF on November 4 [File: Eduardo Soteras/AFP]

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Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the ending of military operations in the northern Tigray region after the army said it was in “full control” of the regional capital, Mekelle.

There was no immediate comment on Saturday from forces loyal to the heavily armed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), who have been fighting federal troops for more than three weeks. Thousands of people are believed to have died and nearly one million forced from their homes, including some 43,000 refugees have fled to neighbouring Sudan, during the conflict.

“The federal government is now fully in control of the city of Mekelle,” Abiy said in a statement posted on his Twitter page.

“I am pleased to share that we have completed and ceased the military operations in the Tigray region,” he said in a separate tweet. “Our focus now will be on rebuilding the region and providing humanitarian assistance while Federal Police apprehend the TPLF clique.”