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Rebel radio urges Ethiopian troops to rebel

A broadcast by the rebel Ethiopian Oromo radio, monitored by the BBC on Thursday accused the government in Addis Ababa of sacrificing the lives of thousands of conscripts from Oromiya and other southern regions of the country with the sole aim of building “the Tigray empire”. It urged troops from the south to stop propping up the government and instead to desert and turn their weapons on the regime.


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