Prime Minister Abdi Ahmed said an offensive on My Kelly had been successful within a few hours of being launched on that federal police were now pursuing criminals from the powerful T Grand People's Liberation Front.

But TPLF leader Debrecen Gabri Mickel says his troops will fight on because this was an issue of quote our right to self determination.

Regional diplomats and experts have warned that a rapid military victory might not signal the end of the conflict on the TPLF has a long history of guerrilla resistance.

Thousands are estimated to have died since fighting erupted on November.

The fourth, on nearly 44,000, have fled to Sudan in a border camp on Saturday.

The U.

N High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said that while refugees are uncomfortable with living in exile, their biggest fear is intercommunal violence.

When they return thesis why I think that going forward it will be important for the government of Ethiopia to reestablish peace toe, have a silence of the guns, but also to ensure that there are no retaliation or Reprisals between communities because things is what many have mentioned to me as a primary source of fear.

Six explosions were reported in Asmara, the capital of neighboring Eritrea, on Saturday night, according to the U.

S State Department.

It was not immediately clear if they were related to the Tigre conflict that T ground forces have previously fired rockets into Eritrea, who they accused of sending troops in support of the Ethiopian military upholding the rule of law.