State Media Shows Ethiopia's Prime Minister Ahmed Abiy At The Frontlines

 

The National: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed joins front line to fight rebels, state media says 

* Reports say PM is 'leading the counter-offensive' and 'has been giving leadership from the battlefield' Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reportedly joined the front line where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, prompting US-led international calls for a diplomatic solution and immediate ceasefire. 

The fighting in the north of Africa's second-most populous country has killed thousands of people and forced hundreds of thousands into famine-like conditions over the past year. Foreign governments have told their citizens to leave amid the escalating war and fears the Tigrayan rebels could march on the capital Addis Ababa.  

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