Ethiopia: Tigray forces push south as Amhara militias mobilise


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  • Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: A building is seen through a bullet hole in a window of the Africa Hotel in the town of Shire, Tigray region, Ethiopia, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Forces in Ethiopia's Tigray pushed deeper into land claimed by neighbouring Amhara region on Tuesday, prompting its leaders - allies of the central government - to urge local militia to arm themselves and mobilise.

The Tigrayan advance and the Amhara response raised the possibility of the widening of a conflict that has aggravated ethnic and political divisions in Africa's second most populous country.

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