Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy calls for non-intervention in the Tigray conflict
Ethiopia's prime minister rejects growing international consensus on dialogue and a halt to deadly fighting in the Tigray region as "interference", saying his country will handle the conflict on its own.
"We respectfully urge the international community to refrain from any unwelcome and illegal interference," said the statement from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on Wednesday, quoted by the Associated Press (AP), as government forces surrounded the capital, Tigray, Mekele. "The international…