PM visits Tigray capital amid refugee crisis

The prime minister of Ethiopia has visited the capital of Tigray for the first time since he ordered a military offensive against the region.

Abiy Ahmed attended the first meeting of a new regional council in Mekele as revealed on his official twitter Handel.

He had earlier hosted talks with the prime minister of Sudan, to where 50,000 Tigrayan refugees have fled.

Reports say Mr Hamdok has returned home early from what Ethiopia said would be a two-day trip.