Ethiopian military has taken 'full control' of Tigray capital, government says

Ethiopian troops have taken "full control" of the Tigray region's capital Mekelle, the government said this evening, a major development in a three-week-old war that is sending shockwaves through the Horn of Africa. "The federal government is now fully in control of the city of Mekelle," Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said in a statement posted on his Twitter page. He said police