Protesters gathered in the capital of Tigray, Mekelle, to demonstrate against war with Ethiopia and to allow humanitarian organizations to enter conflict zones. The Ethiopian government had issued a surrender ultimatum, but the Tigray People’s Liberation Front seems unlikely to accept it, which would cause further shelling of Mekelle and other major cities, as well as the prospect of a land invasion.
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