Anti-government alliance says it aims to bring down Ethiopian government

By Humeyra Pamuk and Maggie Fick WASHINGTON/NAIROBI (Reuters) -A newly-formed alliance of Ethiopian factions said on Friday it aimed to bring down Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed by force or by negotiation and to form a transitional government. The Ethiopian government dismissed the alliance as a publicity stunt and said some groups in it had a history of ethnic violence. The alliance was announced by faction leaders in Washington despite calls from African and Western leaders for a ceasefire in the war, which pits the central government against the northern-based Tigray People’s Liberation Front (T…

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