Ethiopia armed group says it has alliance with Tigray forces

The alliance brings together the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the Oromo Liberation Army.

The leader of an armed group that Ethiopia’s government designates a terrorist organisation says his group has struck a military alliance with the Tigray forces now pressing towards the capital. Wednesday’s development came as the conflict that erupted in the Tigray region last year spreads into other parts of Africa’s second-most populous country. “The only solution now is overthrowing this government militarily, speaking the language they want to be spoken to,” Oromo Liberation Army leader Kumsa Diriba, also known as Jaal Marroo, told The Associated Press in an interview on Wednesday.