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Ethiopian government troops seize Tigray’s capital Mekelle

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Ethiopia’s government forces say they’ve seized Mekelle from Tigray fighters after a week of intense battles.

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Both outlets focus on the rebels leaving Mekelle and present the move as part of a federal advance. France 24 frames the story around the TPLF abandoning the regional capital, while Al Jazeera specifically foregrounds government forces retaking the airport and adds, in its extract, that local sources saw the rebels leaving the capital.

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