41+ Tigray Army Force Gif. The safety of ethiopians in mekele and tigray region continues as a. The armed forces do not have a mission to bombard its own city and people said government spokesman billene seyoum.
The army has been locked in conflict with the tigray people's liberation front (tplf) for weeks. Tigray people's liberation front/tplf/, mekelle. Abiy announced military operations in tigray on 4 november after months of friction between his government and the tplf, which dominated ethiopian politics for nearly three decades before abiy.
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 of attacking a military base there.
Force is being used as the last measure to save the people and the country the assault on dansha was repelled by security forces from amhara region, which borders tigray to the south, he added. The army has been locked in conflict with the tigray people's liberation front (tplf) for weeks. In an exclusive interview with france 24, ethiopian finance minister ahmed shide discussed the government's ongoing military offensive against the northern tigray region and its capital mekele. A member of the amhara special forces holds his rifle at the 5th battalion of the northern command of the ethiopian army in dansha, tigray region, ethiopia.