In a sign that Ethiopian peace moves have failed, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced his decision to lead combat today against rebel Tigrayan forces. Abiy called on “all patriotic Ethiopians” to join him in frontline combat against forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). To this end, I will march to the battlefield from tomorrow onwards to lead our defense forces,” Ahmed said in his call to the nation. The conflict, which erupted on Nov. 4 last year in Ethiopia’s northernmost Tigray region between forces loyal to the TPLF and the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF), has over the past months spread across neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions. Over the past months, forces loyal to the rebel group TPLF have advanced southward into central parts of the East African country.

Source: Ethiopian News November 23, 2021 12:46 UTC