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Ethiopia to replace leadership of Tigray region amid clashes

by Cara Anna
| November 7, 2020 7:33 AM

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership in the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, where clashes between regional forces and those of the federal government have led to fears that the major African power could slide into civil war. Tigray's leader told the African Union that the federal government was planning a “full-fledged military offensive.”

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