Ethiopian Prime Minister Pledges to Lead Country to Battle

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed has said he will lead his country’s army from the battlefront beginning from today.

A statement issued by Ahmed announced that he would mobilize to the front to lead the defense forces.

Tens of thousands of people are estimated to have been killed in the war between Ethiopian and allied forces, and fighters from the country’s northern Tigray region, who dominated the national government before the Prime Minister took office.

The United States and others have warned that Africa’s second-most populous country could fracture and destabilize the rest of the region.