Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed issued a general mobilization order on Tuesday

issuing time: 10/08/2021 – 16:21

In November 2020, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed accused the leader of the Tigray region of attacking a military base and therefore deployed federal forces to the region. In the weeks since the start of the war in November last year, Ethiopian government forces occupied Mek’ele, the capital of the Tigray region, and Prime Minister Abi Ahmed declared victory. But last month, the Tigray Defence Force regained Mek’ele and launched a new round of offensive, aimed at regaining control of the western and southern areas of Tigray and including other areas, including Ethiopia’s largest Region Oromia.

According to UN sources, fighting in Afar and other states in the vicinity of Tigray has intensified recently. Previously, months of armed conflict in various parts of Tigray led to a famine-like state of approximately 400,000 people, including at least 160,000 children. Four million people in Tigray and the neighboring Afar and Amhara regions are already in a food insecure crisis or state of emergency. More than 100,000 people have been displaced by the recent fighting, while 2 million people have left their homes before.

A peaceful demonstration took place in the Ethiopian capital on Sunday. People walked through various blocks and finally stopped at the Revolution Square in the city center to express their support for the National Army and condemned the illegal actions of the Tigray Liberation Front. The demonstrators chanted slogans in support of the government’s role in establishing security and stability, and rejected what they called interventions by the international community. The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday recalled its ambassador to Ethiopia, Jamal Sheikh, for consultations in protest against the refusal of Sudan’s remarks by senior Ethiopian officials to help end the conflict in Tigray State. The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement that the statement regarding Sudan’s role in the Tigray conflict is that “Ethiopia has crossed the facts in its relations with Sudan and promoted the continuation of unfounded accusations.”

UNICEF Executive Director Faure recently expressed concern about the killing of hundreds of civilians, including children, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia. According to reports, on August 5, a displaced family taking refuge in a health facility and a school in the Afar area was attacked, resulting in the deaths of more than 200 people, including more than 100 children. Fore said in the statement that UNICEF was extremely shocked. In addition, she also pointed out that in an area where malnutrition and food insecurity have reached emergency levels, the destruction of important food supplies is worrying. UNICEF estimates that in the next 12 months, the number of children in Tigray who are malnourished and whose lives are at risk will increase tenfold. This food security and nutrition crisis has occurred when the health and other services that children and communities depend on have been systematically destroyed on a large scale. UNICEF and humanitarian partners are working closely to deploy emergency supplies and mobile health and nutrition teams in northern Ethiopia to provide emergency assistance.

According to reports, after the Ethiopian government forces announced their withdrawal from the Tigray area in late June, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front launched an attack in the neighboring Afar area to contain the Ethiopian government forces and tried to cut off those who did not go to the sea. The transportation line connecting Ethiopia to the port of Djibouti. This war has exacerbated food insecurity and famine risks in Ethiopia.