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Ethiopia’s Army Promises Restraint Amid Fears of New Civil War
Al Jazeera · 4 hours ago · Read the Full Story on Al Jazeera
AI SUMMARY
Ethiopia's federal military is exercising restraint amid escalating tensions and fighting in the country's north that threaten the 2022 Pretoria Agreement.
- Army Chief of Staff Field Marshal Berhanu Jula stated the military is responding to provocations from the Tigray front with wisdom and restraint.
- Berhanu accused Eritrea of funding and supporting armed groups, including the 'Tsimdo' alliance, to weaken Ethiopia.
- Eritrea denied the accusations, citing concerns that landlocked Ethiopia may seek to invade to access the Red Sea.
- Fighting has spread into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions after seven armed groups formed the Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival.
- In North Wollo, the army reported killing 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounding 260 during a counter-offensive against the TPLF.
- The TPLF's Tigray Army and central committee member Abdisalam Balema stated the federal government launched a full-scale offensive involving infantry, mechanized units, and drones.
- Internet access was reportedly cut across northern Ethiopia following UN alarms regarding drone use against civilians.
- Law professor Alemayehu Weldemariam stated the federal government bears much of the blame for the collapse of the Pretoria Agreement due to restricted services and a failure to establish promised interim administrations.
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