This is scary guys, Ethiopia is engulfed in a bloody civil war right now.
Officials in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa have called on residents to register their weapons and get ready to protect their neighbourhoods amid fears that rebels could advance on the city.

The appeal came days after the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said it had captured two cities about 400km (250 miles) from Addis Ababa.

The federal government has declared a nationwide state of emergency.

The US has urged the rebels not to try and take Addis Ababa
The capital has a population of more than five million.

"We oppose any TPLF move to Addis or any TPLF move to besiege Addis," said Jeffrey Feltman, the US special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

War broke out a year ago in the northern Tigray region.

The TPLF has since advanced into the neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar.

Thousands of people have been killed and more than two million have fled their homes since the conflict began.

The TPLF says it wants to break a siege of Tigray, where the UN estimates 400,000 people are living in "famine-like condition.
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.

The head of Addis Ababa's peace and security bureau gave residents two days to register weapons or to give them to the government or a relative who could use firearms, the state-linked Fana Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Kenea Yadeta added that people should "organise" themselves, and work with the security services to "control" their neighbourhoods, the report said.
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The TPLF says it has captured the strategic cities of Dessie and Kombolcha and planned to advance towards Kemise, about 325km from the capital.

Government officials have previously dismissed its claims as "propaganda".

In a televised address on Monday, Mr Abiy said that foreign forces were fighting alongside the TPLF. He did not give details, while the TPLF denied the allegation.

Mr Abiy said that mobilisation so far had not had proper organisation.

"Battles can go wrong for different reasons but in the end the country will win the war," he added.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden said he planned to remove Ethiopia from the list of states that qualify for duty-free access to the US market under the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa).

In a letter to the US Congress, Mr Biden cited "gross violations" of human rights for his decision, which is expected to come into effect in January.

The Ethiopian government called for the reversal of the decision, saying the US should not punish people "for confronting an insurgent force".

Officials had previously said that Ethiopia's removal from Agoa could put one million jobs at risk.

klonboi:


So small Tigray na him ethiopia dey shiver like this

There are reports of foreign support for rebels.

Is it the same landlocked tiny Tigray with a population less than 5 million oohhh Biafra!!! What us holding you down .

Some foreigners will support rebels to destroy the country

bigpriik:
Is it the same landlocked tiny Tigray with a population less than 5 million oohhh Biafra!!! What us holding you down .

Lol, this Ethiopia war has taken a new dimension, I'm surprised with this new development, but please we should not pray for such in Nigeria right now

Jamesbiodun:
Some foreigners will support rebels to destroy the country

That's what is happening right now

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bigpriik:
Is it the same landlocked tiny Tigray with a population less than 5 million oohhh Biafra!!! What us holding you down .

The Tigray situation is completely different from Biafra, the Tigray government have been in power for decades, and as such have had access to much of the sophisticated armory in the whole of Ethiopia before they were kicked out by the present government... plus Tigray forces are getting support from the Oromo Liberation front and other major allies within the regions of Ethiopia.

ESN on the other hand are just attacking security formations and looting the few rusty AK-47 rifles which they use to fight a better armed military (complete mismatch), unfortunately ESN have no strategy or competent supply chain for their logistics to prosecute a conventional war against the government... ESN are or were better off just been the vigilante unit created to flush out Fulani terrorists in our forest landmarks, the lack of tact and planning by IPOB/ESN has now come to haunt the East cause we are now facing overwhelming carnage from a largely undisciplined Nigerian military populated by illiterate Hausa/Fulani recruits that see the South as pretty much conquered territory. ESN should restrategise FAST and make covert allies who will give them the military logistics to effectively counter the Nigerian military brutality and turn the tide, Boko haram, ISWAP and even ordinary Bandits in the North have MRAPS, armored vehicles, artillery guns, heavy machine guns, GPMGs, RPGs etc and we can how they are giving the useless Nigerian soldiers HELL across the North, the South East isn't ready for war right now, we have far more at stake to lose in a protracted war against the government... its best whomever is advising Ipob should tell them to disarm every and any armed group in the East before it gets out of hand... You can't win a war armed with few rusty AK-47s stolen from slain security men.

Lesson for Nigeria. It's not about sending useless army to be shooting defenseless villages. Ordinary Boko Haram and bandits they can't even defeat, is it a conventional war that an already broken Nigeria win now?

Oh no, this is serious.

Ethiopia is at war with tigray forces

baralatie:
Ethiopia is at war with tigray forces

No, with foreigners (oyinbos).

Oyinbo-sponsored coup. They're trying to replace Abiy with a stooge that will stop Ethiopia's progress.

I hope they get support from Kenya.