This week, both groups said they had seized strategic towns in Amhara and were considering advancing on Addis Ababa.
The TPLF has since forged an alliance with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), which is also fighting the central government. Several Oromo leaders were also detained in the wake of deadly riots that killed hundreds. He lost some of that support when security forces detained thousands of Oromos, some of whom accused him of not doing enough for the community. Abiy is part Oromo and support from Ethiopia's largest ethnic group helped propel him to power after years of anti-government protests. Oromiya, the region that surrounds Addis Ababa, is divided.
They could also face resistance from other Ethiopians who fear the return to power of a party that ruled with an iron fist for the nearly three decades it dominated central government before Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018. NAIROBI(Reuters) - Rebellious forces from Ethiopia's Tigray region have pushed to within a day's drive of the capital Addis Ababa and are threatening to march on the city of 5 million people.īut any denouement to the year-long war could take far longer to play out.įorces loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)would have to fight through hostile territory in the neighbouring region of Amhara to reach Addis.
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