Ethiopian government forces and their regional allies have recaptured the town of Lalibela, a United Nations World Heritage Site, from Tigrayan forces, the prime minister's office said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of towns the military says it has retaken, APA reports quoting Reuters.
Also on Wednesday, China's foreign minister Wang Yi arrived in Addis Ababa, prompting Ethiopia's foreign ministry to thank him in a tweet for "disregarding the unfounded rhetoric on the deteriorating security situations in the country".