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Ethiopia seizes town in Tigray, says 10,000 prisoners missing

FILE PHOTO: Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to the mission to face the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), in Sanja, Amhara region near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Ethiopian forces have liberated a town in the northern Tigray region, the government’s emergency task force said late on Sunday, accusing local leaders of taking 10,000 prisoners from the town as they fled.

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