The two-time Olympic gold medallist Haile Gebrselassie has announced he is enlisting in the Ethiopian military to fight an insurgency that threatens the capital, Addis Ababa. Gebrselassie, who set 27 long-distance running records, told Reuters he was joining up on Wednesday. International alarm has grown over the escalating war in Ethiopia as Tigrayan rebels edge closer to Addis Ababa. Ethiopia’s military spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment. Ethiopian police have trained about 147,000 civilians in the capital to form neighbourhood defence groups and help detect possible infiltrators, police said.

Source: Ethiopian News November 24, 2021 20:51 UTC