16+ Ethiopia War With Tigray Region Pics. Some analysts estimate that tigray could muster more than half of the armed forces' total personnel. Ethiopia's tigray region asserts that fighter jets have bombed locations around its capital, mekele, aiming to force the region into submission, while ethiopia's army says it has been forced into an unexpected and aimless war.
Heated rhetoric from both sides and fresh violence in western tigray suggested africa's second most. Ethiopia's prime minister said thursday the army has been ordered to move on the embattled tigray regional capital after his. Prime minister abiy ahmed sparked fears of a civil war when he.
The tigray region saw this move as a power grab and an attempt by mr abiy to centralise power and weaken ethiopia's federal system.
Ethiopia's military has been ordered to complete the final phase of a military offensive in the tigray capital of mekele, after local forces did the ethiopian army has been battling local forces in tigray since november 4, when abiy sent the national defense force into the area, after accusing local forces. Prime minister abiy ahmed gave the tigray people's liberation front (tplf) 72 hours to lay down their arms or face an assault on mekelle. Thousands of people are already believed to have died and there has been widespread destruction since the war began on november 4. Heated rhetoric from both sides and fresh violence in western tigray suggested africa's second most.