Ethiopia to replace Tigray region leadership as forces clash

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia is moving to replace the leadership of the country’s northern Tigray region, where days of deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. The Tigray leader has warned in a letter to the African Union chairman that the federal government is planning a “full-fledged military offensive.” Neither side appears ready for the dialogue that experts say is needed to a