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Ethiopia’s northern Amhara province urged its adults to enlist in military and fight rebels advancing from neighbouring Tigray region, potentially intensifying the nine-month conflict.
Amharans of above 18 years should fight for the “existence of the region,†Chief Administrator Agegnehu Teshager said on a regional broadcaster weeks after Tigray fighters crossed into towns in Amhara and Afar states.
The conflict in Tigray began in November when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered an incursion in retaliation for an attack on a federal army base by forces loyal to the Tigray People Liberation Front, region’s dissident ruling party. The violence has led to thousands of deaths and displaced more than two million people. The Ethiopian National Defense Forces withdrew from Tigray after Abiy unilaterally declared a cease-fire at the end of June.