By June, however, the Tigrayan forces had retaken most of the region and pushed into the neighbouring Amhara and Afar regions. The prime minister promised a swift victory and government forces seized Tigray’s capital, Mekelle, in late November. The TPLF dominated the federal government for nearly three decades until Abiy took office in 2018. ‘No end in sight’Īfter months of tension, Abiy in November 2020 sent troops to Tigray to remove the region’s governing party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). The footage was released after the government issued a new order aiming to restrict media reporting of the war, prohibiting the sharing of non-official information on “military-related movements, battlefront results and situations”. “The enemy doesn’t have the standing to compete with us, we will win,” he said. He added that the military had secured control of Kassagita and planned to recapture Chifra district and Burka town in Afar region, which neighbours Tigray. “What we want to see is an Ethiopia that stands on our sacrifices – either to be Ethiopian or to be Ethiopia,” he added. “We won’t give in until we bury the enemy,” Abiy said in a recorded statement, adding that the army’s morale was high. In a video shown on Friday, the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner is seen walking with military personnel while wearing army fatigues. State media reported on Wednesday that Abiy had arrived at the battlefront to lead a counter-offensive against the Tigrayan forces, handing over regular duties to his deputy. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has pledged victory, in what state-affiliated media said was his first message after heading to the front line this week to lead government troops in the year-long war against forces from the northern Tigray region.
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