WORLD IN BRIEF : ETHIOPIA : Killed 2,000 Troops, Guerrillas Claim
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Ethiopian rebels said they killed or wounded at least 2,000 government troops in Ethiopia’s northern provinces in the last two days and that fierce fighting is still raging. In Nairobi, Kenya, rebel spokesman Berhane Gebrechristos said that guerrillas of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front “annihilated two brigades”--more than 2,000 men--of the Ethiopian army near Dese, capital of Wollo province.
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