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Tigray regional government appeals to Ethiopian government for help after TPLF faction seizes major towns
Ethiopians holding national flags protest against what they say is interference by outsiders in the country's internal affairs and against the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the party of Tigray's fugitive leaders, at a rally organized by the city administration in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 22, 2022

THE INTERIM government of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has appealed for federal forces to intervene after a faction of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seized control of two major towns. The action has raised fears of a return to civil war.

TPLF seized Adigrat, the second-biggest town in Tigray, on Tuesday and appointed a new administrator, ousting an office-holder loyal to the interim government. 

A day later it took control of Adi-Gudem, a town near the regional capital, Mekele. Several people in Adi-Gudem suffered gunshot wounds when armed forces attempted to occupy a government building.

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