The Ethiopian military has seized the airport near the town of Humera amid a nearly week-old conflict in the northern Tigray region.
The state media announcement on Tuesday about the capture of the airport, 67km (42 miles) south of Humera, came as fighting continued with reports of Ethiopian government forces capturing territory.
“The Ethiopian National Defense Force has fully captured Humera Airport amid [a] continuation of [the] government’s military response against TPLF rebel group,” Fana TV reported, referring to the organisation that leads the government in the Tigray region.
Humera is located in the far northwest of the country near Ethiopia’s borders with Sudan and Eritrea.
A telephone and internet communications blackout in Tigray has made it difficult to verify the situation on the ground.
The African Union on Tuesday called for an immediate ceasefire.
