Head of Ethiopia's Tigray region administration has resigned, his deputy says

Record ID: 1614783

  • Title: Head of Ethiopia's Tigray region administration has resigned, his deputy says
  • Date: 5th May 2021
  • Summary: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (FILE - NOVEMBER 19, 2020) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** NEWS CONFERENCE HELD BY THEN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR TIGRAY NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE, DR. MULU NEGA AND ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON, REDWAN HUSSEIN NEGA SPEAKING DURING NEWS CONFERENCE NEGA SPEAKING HUSSEIN AND NEGA DURING NEWS CONFERENCE HUSSEIN AND NEGA LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE MEKELLE, TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA (FILE - MARCH 19, 2021) (REUTERS) TIGRAY'S THEN INTERIM PRESIDENT MULU NEGA IN HIS OFFICE NEGA SPEAKING DURING INTERVIEW
  • Embargoed: 19th May 2021 19:23
  • Keywords: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE PROVISIONAL ADMINISTRATION FOR TIGRAY NATIONAL REGIONAL STATE DR. MULU NEGA TIGRAY REGION
  • Location: ADDIS ABABA / MEKELLE, TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA
  • City: ADDIS ABABA / MEKELLE, TIGRAY REGION, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Topics: Africa,Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001EBOSCW7
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The head of Ethiopia's Tigray region government has resigned, his deputy said on Wednesday (May 5), without giving details.
    Mulu Nega was appointed head of the federal government-appointed interim administration in November during a military offensive launched in the northern region after regional forces attacked its bases there.
    His deputy Abebe Gebrehiwot Yihdego told Reuters of his resignation. Nega did not respond to phone calls seeking comment.
    The Prime Minister's spokeswoman and a government spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
    Fighting between the federal government and forces in the northern region broke out in November and is believed to have killed thousands of people while displacing more than a million.
    (Production: Marissa Davison, Liliana Ciobanu)
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