NAIROBI (Reuters) -Forces from Ethiopia's rebellious Tigray region said on Wednesday they were in talks to forge a military alliance with insurgents from Ethiopia's most populous region, Oromiya, heaping pressure on the central government in Addis Ababa.
The move could signal an escalation in the country's nine-month-old war and comes a day after the government urged citizens to join the fight against resurgent Tigrayan forces.
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