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Who attended the TPLF conference in Mekele?

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Published on 13.12.2019 at 04:30 GMT 2 min read Lire en français

The TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front), which has cut ties with the other three parties in the now-defunct EPRDF coalition [...]

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Who attended the TPLF conference in Mekele?