Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Monday that the government can easily recruit one million new fighter but wanted a period of "silence" in the country's war-hit Tigray region. Abiy Ahmed is 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner. His remarks came just a week after Tigray's capital Mekele fell to Tigray Defence Forces (TDF). "In one, two or three weeks, 100,000 trained, armed and organised special forces can be mobilised," Abiy told lawmakers. But Abiy also said officials had "decided there should be a period of silence for everyone to think".

Source: Ethiopian News July 05, 2021 12:56 UTC