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Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed talks tough as Tigray forces claim gains

Deutsche Welle 02 Nov 2021

Prime Minsiter Abiy Ahmed, who has gone from Nobel Peace Prize laureate to a leader caught up in a domestic conflict in the space of two years, pledged victory but also asked the public to take up arms ... .

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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed vows to crush Tigray forces

Deutsche Welle 02 Nov 2021

The Nobel Peace Prize winner urged citizens to take up arms to repel the forces advancing toward the capital, saying, "dying for Ethiopia is a duty." The yearlong conflict has plunged the country into despair ... .

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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Citizens urged to defend Addis Ababa against rebels

BBC News 02 Nov 2021

International efforts to broker a ceasefire between the government and the rebels, who initially fell out over Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy's political reforms, have so far failed ... In a televised address on Monday, Mr Abiy said that foreign forces were fighting alongside the TPLF.

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Ethiopia's PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

Journal Review 02 Nov 2021

A move on the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa is a new phase in the war that has killed thousands of people since fighting broke out a year ago between Ethiopian and allied forces and Tigray ones who long dominated the national government before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018.

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Ethiopia’s PM defiant as rival Tigray forces make advances

Artesia Daily Press 02 Nov 2021

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Ethiopia asks residents to defend capital amid rebel advance

Al Jazeera 02 Nov 2021

The TPLF had dominated Ethiopian national politics for nearly 30 years but lost much influence when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018 following years of anti-government protests. The TPLF has accused Abiy of centralising power at the expense of Ethiopia’s regional states, an accusation he denies.

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Addis Ababa government tells residents to prepare to defend neighborhoods

The Jerusalem Post 02 Nov 2021

In response, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent more troops. The TPLF had dominated Ethiopian national politics for nearly three decades but lost much influence when Abiy took office in 2018 following years of anti-government protests ... regional states - an accusation Abiy denies.

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Addis Ababa orders city to prepare as fighting rocks north

The New Arab 02 Nov 2021

The restrictions come as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged unity in the fight against the TPLF, saying that victory was possible if the "full force" of the country was brought against the rebels ... Abiy sent troops into Tigray in November 2020 in response to what he said were attacks on army camps by the TPLF, and promised a swift victory ... ....

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Addis Ababa government urges residents to register arms - media

Reuters 02 Nov 2021

read more ... The Oromo are Ethiopia's biggest ethnic group ... The Tigrayan forces have been fighting the government for the past year in a widening war that first pitted federal troops against the TPLF, which dominated Ethiopian politics for nearly 30 years before Abiy Ahmed was appointed prime minister in 2018 ... Our Standards ... More from Reuters ....

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Ethiopia tried to limit rare UN report on Tigray war abuses

Midland Daily News 02 Nov 2021

... media, the report may be the world's only official source of information on atrocities in the war, which began in November 2020 after a political falling-out between the Tigray forces that long dominated the national government and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's current government.

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Ethiopian capital starts two-day weapons registration drive

China.dot.org 02 Nov 2021

ADDIS ABABA, Nov ... Amid intensifying conflict in the northern parts of the East African country, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday called on all able Ethiopians to participate in the ongoing fighting against the rebel group. Enditem .

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Ethiopia on verge of losing access to lucrative US trade program over human rights violations

News-Press Now 02 Nov 2021

There have been repeated calls from the United States and the international community for the parties to the conflict, including the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, to end hostilities ... "It's really up to Prime Minister Abiy to take ...

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FILE - Captured Ethiopian government soldiers and allied militia members sit in rows after being paraded by Tigray forces through the streets in open-top trucks, as they arrived to be taken to a detention center in Mekele, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Oct. 22, 2021.

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Ethiopia accused of limiting rare UN probe on Tigray abuses

Al Jazeera 02 Nov 2021

The national government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has barred human rights watchdogs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, as well as foreign media from entering the embattled region ... Access to Tigray had been granted provided the UN accepted to work with EHRC ... “We believe this is a tool of the government,” he said of the EHRC ... .

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Reflector 02 Nov 2021

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Tigrayan and Oromo Forces Say They Have Seized Towns on Ethiopian Highway

Voa News 01 Nov 2021

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged citizens to join the fight against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or the TPLF, the party in control of the rebellious northern region of Tigray, after Tigrayan forces said they took another town on a highway linking the capital of the landlocked nation to the port of Djibouti.

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