'Nobody will kneel': Tigrayans defiant as Ethiopian leader cracks down

MEKELLE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - In the birthplace of the armed struggle that propelled Ethiopia's ruling coalition to power 27 years ago, there is growing anger as the country's new prime minister stages a crackdown on the region's once-powerful leaders.

Although the Tigrayans who inhabit these craggy hills are only a small minority in a country of more than 100 million, they have dominated its power structures since 1991 when the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) drove a Marxist military regime from power.