PM urges citizens to arm themselves as Tigray People’s Liberation Front considers marching on the capital

Ethiopia has declared a state of emergency after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory and considering marching on the capital Addis Ababa.

The declaration came as Joe Biden accused the government of “gross violations of internationally recognised human rights” and said he that he was removing Ethiopia from a key US trade program, clearing the way for further economic sanctions over its failure to end the nearly year-long conflict.

Jeffrey Feltman, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa, warned that the US would take further measures against the Abiy government within days rather than weeks if it does not end the conflict.

He said “We can proceed down one path that inevitably leads to sanctions and other measures or we can go down another path where we can revitalise the partnership that started when prime minister [Abiy Ahmed] took office. The US wants the latter.”

“Prolonging the war, dodging genuine negotiations to lead to de-escalation and a ceasefire, and refusing unhindered humanitarian access to avert catastrophe are actions that are taking Ethiopia [in] a dangerous direction,” he said.

The announcement of the state of emergency came two days after the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, urged citizens to take up arms to defend themselves from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).

Earlier on Tuesday, authorities in Addis Ababa told residents to register their arms and prepare to defend their neighbourhoods.


The city administration said people should register their weapons and gather in their neighbourhoods. House-to-house searches were being conducted and troublemakers arrested, a statement said.

“Residents can gather in their locality and safeguard their surroundings,” it said. “Those who have weapons but can’t take part in safeguarding their surroundings are advised to hand over the weapon to the government or their close relatives or friends.”

The governments of four of the country’s 10 regions also called upon Ethiopians to mobilise to fight against the Tigrayan forces, state-affiliated Fana TV said.

On Monday night, Tigrayan forces said they had linked up with fighters from an Oromo force also fighting the central government. The Oromo are Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic group. Many of their political leaders are currently in prison.


He said: “It is not too late to retrace our steps towards the path not taken but the change in direction must occur in days not weeks. It requires the Ethiopian government to take steps we have been raising for months’’.

He said he was willing to travel at any time to the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to mediate and secure a peace deal with the TPLF.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/ethiopia-declares-state-of-emergency-as-tigray-rebels-gain-ground

Nawa o

Like play like joke

What kind of weak country is Ethiopia? Imagine a minority tribe holding it to ransom.

Negotiation is the biggest skill anyone can acquire. Always negotiate. Aggression should be the last weapon in any conflict resolutions cos it quickly escalate situations. The PM should have negotiated when he had the chance. You don't kill people and expect them not to fight back.

Conflicts everywhere in Africa

magabounce:
Conflicts everywhere in Africa

Conflicts that will ensure everlasting peace.

Go and read how Europe was before they all came to the understanding that Ethnic Group boundary is what is needed to form a country.
But to show how much they hate and despise you blacks, they refused to do the same to you after conquering you. They packed you people like animals so it is not surprising that when you people develop small sense, you will still go through the same route they used which is war until each ethnic group becomes a country or enjoys a high degree of autonomy like they do in Europe.



"He who wants peace must prepare for war" - Claudius

Who says FGs can't be defeated even with all the military aircrafts?

One assured universal principle. 'Seek ye shall find, ask ye shall receive, knock and the door would be opened for you'

For he who seek shall find, he who ask shall received and he who knocks, the door shall be opened for him.

Umuigbo has been asking for a long time.

Fighting is the key to freedom. Let all the tribes who crave freedom band together and fight the terrorist fulani led government and you will get your freedom. Running away under the guise of forming sophistication doesn't help in the long run. Joining terrorists to fight against agitators will never benefit you. The time to end the shithole controlled by terrorist fulanis in now.

BKayy:

Conflicts that will ensure everlasting peace. Go and read how Europe was before they all came to the understanding that Ethnic Groups is what is needed to form a country.
But to show how much they hate and despise you blacks, they refused to do the same to you after conquering you. They packed you people like animals so it is not surprising that when you people develop small sense, you will still go through the same route they used which is war until each ethnic group becomes a country or enjoys a high degree of autonomy like they do in Europe.



"He who wants peace must prepare for war" - Claudius

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Zoo take note

Biafrannuke:
Zoo take note

Hope you have written your last testamentary?

Obviously a big power is supporting this Tigray forces. Since the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Ethiopia has been going through crises .
You have to remember that Egypt seriously asked the Americans to pressurize the Ethiopians on their behalf. While the Tigray forces have enough experience to fight, I don't think they really have the fighting grit to easily fend off both the Ethiopians and the Eritreans forces supporting the Ethiopians..

Biafrannuke:
Zoo take note

The bragging should not have come from 5% aka dot in the circle

All the best to Ethiopia. They should call for a referendum.

When the whole world pleaded with them to end the blockade and stop the genocide, Abiy refused

What do they mean house to house search

Just tell us you guys are looking for tigarians to kill

DOTian:
Obviously a big power is supporting this Tigray forces. Since the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Ethiopia has been going through crises .
You have to remember that Egypt seriously asked the Americans to pressurize the Ethiopians on their behalf. While the Tigray forces have enough experience to fight, I don't think they really have the fighting grit to easily fend off both the Ethiopians and the Eritreans forces supporting the Ethiopians..

They are battle tested having being in power for long

Aside that, it's a war of many tribes and allies, so they had help and still do

I can't believe this

This is what oppression breeds

bobowaja:
What kind of weak country is Ethiopia? Imagine a minority tribe holding it to ransom.

Negotiation is the biggest skill anyone can acquire. Always negotiate. Aggression should be the last weapon in any conflict resolutions cos it quickly escalate situations. The PM should have negotiated when he had the chance. You don't kill people and expect them not to fight back.

That was how Igbos held Nigeria hostage, until UK, Russia and Egypt came with their fighter jets in 1967

DOTian:
Obviously a big power is supporting this Tigray forces. Since the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Ethiopia has been going through crises .
You have to remember that Egypt seriously asked the Americans to pressurize the Ethiopians on their behalf. While the Tigray forces have enough experience to fight, I don't think they really have the fighting grit to easily fend off both the Ethiopians and the Eritreans forces supporting the Ethiopians..

No foreign power is giving them arms, Eritrea is their closest Neighbors, and they refused Eritrea independence from Ethiopia, Eritrean forces were actually bombing Tigray until US warned Eritrea to back off

It's over for Ethiopia, oromo liberation front joining forces with Tigrarians is the last straw,the tide has really turned. If these people have the balls, they would have joined forces with Biafrans to end this mess called Nigeria. I support Africa being broken up along ethnic lines. It will bring a lasting peace and development.

Faber:

No foreign power is giving them arms, Eritrea is their closest Neighbors, and they refused Eritrea independence from Ethiopia, Eritrean forces were actually bombing Tigray until US warned Eritrea to back off

You have to ask yourself why do the Americans want the Eritreans to back off? The involvement of the Eritreans who are some sort new strategic partners to the new regime in Addis, would have been a game changer.. The Americans getting involved by warning them to back off, should warn you of who's getting their clandestine support and most probably who's getting some weapons dropped for them at nights...

DOTian:


You have to ask yourself why do the Americans want the Eritreans to back off? The involvement of the Eritreans who are some sort new strategic partners to the new regime in Addis, would have been a game changer.. The Americans getting involved by warning them to back off, should warn you of who's getting their clandestine support and most probably who's getting some weapons dropped for them at nights...

Tigray people are the minority but very strong, naturally. Why America warned Eritrea to back off, is that it is bad for another country to join a sovereign nation in killing or suppressing uprising from a section of that sovereign nation. It can be dubbed ethnic cleansing. On a normal Ethiopia cannot defeat the Tigrayans.

Faber:


Tigray people are the minority but very strong, naturally. Why America warned Eritrea to back off, is that it is bad for another country to join a sovereign nation in killing or suppressing uprising from a section of that sovereign nation. It can be dubbed ethnic cleansing. On a normal Ethiopia cannot defeat the Tigrayans.

America doesn't get involved in fights based on moral grounds. There must be something there for them. Either something economic, geopolitical, or cultural... But there must be something serious in terms of solid gains. If they seriously threatened the Eritreans to leave Ethiopia to fight it out with the Tigrays, immediately after Ethiopia had serious issues with the the Egyptians and the Sudanese, then you have to draw the correlation there. You also have to look at the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia and know where he's bending towards, ideologically. China? Russia?

Ethiopia has a solid military! For her military to be easily manhandled this way, should tell you that in the Tigrays, it's more like the hands of Essau but the voice of Jacob. Again, taking into consideration the fact that the immediate regional conflict that preceded this war, was the dam issue between Ethiopia on one side and Egypt and Sudan on the other side, I wouldn't be surprised if the Egyptians are supplying the Tigray forces. Remember that Egypt was already talking about going to war with Ethiopia before this crises started..

DOTian:
Obviously a big power is supporting this Tigray forces. Since the Nile dam dispute between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia, Ethiopia has been going through crises .
You have to remember that Egypt seriously asked the Americans to pressurize the Ethiopians on their behalf. While the Tigray forces have enough experience to fight, I don't think they really have the fighting grit to easily fend off both the Ethiopians and the Eritreans forces supporting the Ethiopians..

Yes!
A big power is seriously funding and arming this war in Ethiopia

DOTian:


America doesn't get involved in fights based on moral grounds. There must be something there for them. Either something economic, geopolitical, or cultural... But there must be something serious in terms of solid gains. If they seriously threatened the Eritreans to leave Ethiopia to fight it out with the Tigrays, immediately after Ethiopia had serious issues with the the Egyptians and the Sudanese, then you have to draw the correlation there. You also have to look at the new Prime Minister of Ethiopia and know where he's bending towards, ideologically. China? Russia?

Ethiopia has a solid military! For her military to be easily manhandled this way, should tell you that in the Tigrays, it's more like the hands of Essau but the voice of Jacob . Again, taking into consideration the fact that the immediate regional conflict that preceded this war, was the dam issue between Ethiopia on one side and Egypt and Sudan on the other side, I wouldn't be surprised if the Egyptians are supplying the Tigray forces. Remember that Egypt was already talking about going to war with Ethiopia before this crises started..

So in essence Ethiopia is in a third party war sponsored by third parties using tigray forces as a launch pad

DOTian:


You have to ask yourself why do the Americans want the Eritreans to back off? The involvement of the Eritreans who are some sort new strategic partners to the new regime in Addis, would have been a game changer.. The Americans getting involved by warning them to back off, should warn you of who's getting their clandestine support and most probably who's getting some weapons dropped for them at nights...

And how are sure that the eriteans are not involved