[Addis Fortune] In a dramatic turn of events on Saturday, units of the Federal Armed Forces entered and captured the city of Meqelle, over three weeks after a military confrontation in Tigray Regional State began. Late evening the same day, senior officials of the federal government, from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) to Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen and Army Chief of Staff Birhanu Jula (Gen.), made a series of statements announcing the landmark event in the bitter fight between forces of the Federal and Tigray