Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday was reported to join the forefront where government forces fought against rebels from the Tigray region, encourage international calls led by us for diplomatic solutions and direct ceasefire for conflict.
The battle in the northern country was the most populous of Africa had killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands into conditions such as hunger.
The foreign government has told their residents to go in the midst of an increasing war, and worried Tiorrayan rebels can march in the Addis Ababa capital.
Abiy, the winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, “now leading a counter-attack” and “has given the leadership of the battlefield yesterday,” Report Fana Corporate Corporate.
It is not clear where Abiy, a former radio operator in the military who rose to Lieutenant-Colonel had been deployed.
The country’s media does not broadcast the pictures in the field, and officials have not responded to requests for details about their existence.
Overcoming Abiy’s report in front, the US State Department Wednesday night warned “no military solution” for the Ethiopian civil war.
“We urge all parties to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric and bellicose, to use restraints, respect human rights, enabling humanitarian access, and protecting civilians,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
One day before Washington’s special envoy for African horns, Jeffrey Feltman, said that “new” risk “progress” was issued by military escalation by both parties “.
Another foreign envoy has also panicked pushing a ceasefire, although there are some breakthrough signs.
On Wednesday, UN head Antonio Guterres called for a quick tip to the battle, comment was made while visiting Colombia to mark a five-year anniversary of the peace agreement between the government and former FARC rebels.
“The peace process in Colombia inspired me to apply to urge today to the protagonists of conflict in Ethiopia for a ceasefire without conditions and directly to save the country,” he said.
War erupted in November 2020 when Abiy sent troops to Tigray to drop the ruling party, the People’s Liberation Front Tigray (TPLF).
He said the move was in response to TPLF attacks on federal army camps and promised to win quickly, but at the end of June the rebels had regained most of Tigray, including the capital of Mekele.
Since then, TPLF has pushed into neighboring Amhara and Afar, and this week claimed to have won the city only 220 kilometers (135 miles) from Addis Ababa.
New recruit
Abiy’s announcement Monday that he would deploy forward “has inspired many things to … join the survival campaign”, said morta Wednesday.
Hundreds of recruits just participated in a ceremony held to respect them Wednesday in the Capital City Colfe district.
When officials revoke sheep and bulls into trucks bound in the north, recruitment enters the songs and patriotic songs.
“When a leader left his chair … and his throne was to save his country,” Tesfaye Sherefa, a 42-year-old driver, told AFP.
Feyisa Lilesya, the distance runner and the Olympic silver winner, told government media rebel withdrawals presented “big opportunities” to defend the nation.
Runner Marathon gained political advantage by raising and crossing his arm when he completed a marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro – Solidarity cues with fellow ethnic oromos killed while protesting the violations made for almost three decades of TPLF rules.
Output
Even when gathering citizens to fight, the Abiy government stressed that the increase in TPLF has been excessive, criticizing what was explained as sensationalistic media coverage and alarm security advisors from the West Embassy.