Ethiopia's military launched a new air strike on the capital of the country's Tigray region Mekele on Wednesday, the second bombardment this week against Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) targets in the city.

A government spokesman confirmed the latest strike. "It targeted the facilities that TPLF has turned into arms construction and repair armaments sites," Legesse Tulu, head of the Government Communication Service, told AFP by text message.