Tigray leader calls on Ethiopia’s PM to ‘stop the madness’

A Tigrayan woman who fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region at a refugee camp in Sudan (AP/Nariman El-Mofty)

The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s Tigray region has called on Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the territory.

Debretsion Gebremichael said he remains near the Tigray capital, Mekele, which the Ethiopian army on Saturday said it now controlled. Far from accepting Mr Abiy’s declaration of victory amid the fighting, the Tigray leader asserted that “we are sure we’ll win”.