Ethiopia’s armed forces appeals to retired soldiers and veterans to rejoin the military as an anti-government alliance forms, which includes political, military and diplomatic co-operation
The Ethiopian army on Friday called on former personnel to rejoin the military to fight the advance of Tigrayan forces, state media said, as nine anti-government factions formed a new alliance to push out Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
African and Western nations have called for an immediate ceasefire in Ethiopia after Tigrayan forces from the north said they had moved closer to Addis Ababa this week. The nascent alliance was not in touch with Abiy’s government but planned to begin liaising with foreign governments and bodies, he said.
Attorney General Gedion Temothewos called the alliance “a publicity stunt” and said some of the groups had a track record of “ethnic cleansing2.CEASEFIRE CALLS Prior to the new alliance, the OLA had already joined with the Tigrayan forces. The two groups told Reuters they are in the town of Kemise in Amhara state, 325 km from the capital.
He also said there was fighting at least 100 km north of Shewa Robit, a town in the Amhara region that is on the A2 highway, which links the capital to Ethiopia’s north. That would put fighting about 57 km south of Kombulcha, one of two towns that the TPLF said it captured last weekend.
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