Ethiopia PM gives dissident region leaders 72 hours to surrender

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gives the leaders of a dissident northern region 72 hours to surrender ahead of a threatened all-out assault on Tigray’s capital, Mekele.

“Your journey of destruction is coming to an end, and we urge you to surrender peacefully within the next 72 hours, recognizing you are at a point of no return,” Abiy says in a statement aimed at the leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) party. “Take this last opportunity.”

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a media conference in Pretoria, South Africa, January 12, 2020. (Themba Hadebe/AP)

— AFP

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