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Tigray crisis: Local residents ordered to defend against Ethiopia army
The government in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region has ordered the total mobilisation of the population, as fears grow of a full-blown conflict.
It said local residents must "defend" against "flagrant aggression" by the federal government in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed earlier rejected a request for peace talks from the Tigray authorities.
Hundreds have been killed in eight days of fighting between Tigray forces and the federal army.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54911009
It said local residents must "defend" against "flagrant aggression" by the federal government in Addis Ababa.
Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed earlier rejected a request for peace talks from the Tigray authorities.
Hundreds have been killed in eight days of fighting between Tigray forces and the federal army.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-54911009
Seems to me that when a region is saying the entire population must mobilise against the federal army, it's already a full-blown civil war.