Ethiopia's Amhara region on Sunday called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from conflict-hit Tigray, calling it a 'survival campaign', state media reported.
The call to fight Tigray rebels from Ethiopia's Amhara region, which follows a similar one made by the Afar region on Friday, highlight the potential for the Tigray war to draw in the rest of the countryTIGRAY - Ethiopia's Amhara region on Sunday called on all armed residents to mobilise for battle against rebels from conflict-hit Tigray, calling it a"survival campaign", state media reported.
Together the two statements highlight the potential for the Tigray war, which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared all but over in late November, to draw in the rest of the country. Fighting dragged on for months before the war took a stunning turn in late June, with pro-TPLF fighters reclaiming the Tigray capital Mekele and Abiy declaring a unilateral ceasefire.
Thousands of Amhara militia fighters have mobilised in recent days and headed towards the Tigray-Amhara border, but Getachew has boasted of swift gains against what he dismisses as"ill-trained peasant militias".
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