Addis Ababa, Nov 23 Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced his decision to lead frontline combat from Tuesday against rebel forces amid the expanding conflict in the northern part of the country. Ahmed called on "all patriotic Ethiop" to join him in frontline combat against forces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), reports Xinhua news agency. To this end, I will march to the battlefield from tomorrow onwards to lead our defence forces," Ahmed said an address to the nation. The conflict, which erupted on November 4 last year in the conflict-hit Tigray 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 08:38 UTC