Addis Ababa, Sept 8, 2026 (AFP) - Ethiopia boosts drone production to fight rebels

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Ethiopia has been manufacturing drones at two factories since last year and is now thought to have a fleet of thousands, analysts say, giving the government an edge against its multiple insurgent enemies. Turkish drones were decisive during the country's devastating civil war of 2020 to 2022, when the federal army used them to push back rebels from the northern Tigray region who had come within 200 kilometres (125 miles) of the capital, Addis Ab......

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