Factbox: How Ethiopia's Tigray conflict imperils region


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Nov 2020

FILE PHOTO: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks during a media conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, October 29, 2018. Michel Euler/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopa's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, has sent troops into northern Tigray state whose leaders he accuses of treason, triggering a conflict with implications around the Horn of Africa.

Here are some of the knock-ons:

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