Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will be leading his army “from the battlefront”, state-affiliated media reported on Wednesday. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning leader decided to direct the war as the rebel Tigray forces moved closer to the capital Addis Ababa. Last month, Tigrayan forces and their allies threatened to march on Addis Ababa. Abiy was awarded the Nobel for making peace with neighbouring Eritrea, on whose border he fought while stationed in the Tigray region. Eritrean soldiers have been blamed for some of the worst atrocities in the war, even as Abiy denied for months that they were inside Tigray.

Source: Ethiopian News November 24, 2021 18:50 UTC