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Ethiopian MPs back plan to abolish and replace Tigray government
ADDIS ABABA, Nov 7, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Ethiopian lawmakers on Saturday voted to scrap the current government in the federal state of Tigray and replace it, just days after Addis Ababa launched a military operation in the northern region.
The upper house of parliament “has passed a decision to abolish the existing illegal Tigray regional assembly and executive, and for a caretaker administration to be formed,” the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
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