Ethiopia's minister in charge of democratization, Zadig Abraha, has told DW that the National Defense Force now controls Tigray and is now working to bring the rebel leaders to justice. TPLF has disputed the claims.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared that National Defense Force troops "are in control of the whole region" around the Tigrayan capital of Mekele. However, the defiant leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Debretsion Gebremichael, vowed to keep fighting. It is still difficult to get credible and reliable information from Mekele as telecommunications services are down. DW spoke with Ethiopia's democratization minister, Zadig Abraha
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