Foreign Troops Fighting With Tigray Rebels

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says foreign forces have fought alongside Tigrayan rebels in recent battles in strategically important areas in Amhara region.<br />He says fighters who are not Ethiopian have taken part in the recent battles around the two cities.<br />Mr Abiy says the government&#039;s calls to arms from a few months ago had not been met with the proper organisation despite the massive number of youths who had joined.<br />He accused the Tigrayan rebels of wanting to return to power to implement a policy in which members of one group are treated as first-class citizens.<br />He also repeated an earlier statement from the government that rebel forces had killed more than 100 civilians in Kombolcha, which the Tigrayan forces have denied.