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The prime minister announced late last month that he would go to the battlefront, saying that “this is a time when leading a country with martyrdom is needed”. The deputy prime minister was handling the government’s day-to-day operations in the meantime, until Dr. Ahmed returned to Addis Ababa earlier this week.
In a statement, TPLF spokesman Getachew K. Reda said the decision by Ahmed to go to the war field propelled deaths and losses among the Ethiopian federal forces and their allies claiming, without evidence, that tens of thousands of Ethiopian forces have been killed by the TPLF.
“Abiy’s ‘presence’ increases ENDF’s losses by many fold. Abiy’s insistence on made-for-TV lightening victories has resulted in ten thousands more deaths than the kind of dramatic achievement he has made the mainstay of his leadership. So much for his magic,” he said in a tweet.
#Abiy’s ‘presence’ increases #ENDF’s losses by many fold. #Abiy’s insistence on made-for-tv lightening victories has resulted in ten thousands more deaths than the kind of dramatic achievement he has made the mainstay of his leadership. So much for his magic.#TigrayShallPrevail! pic.twitter.com/jsgQTDvibH
— Getachew K Reda (@reda_getachew) December 8, 2021
But the Tigrayan forces are on the run as Ethiopian federal forces and regional allies in Amhara and Afar have recaptured several areas previously held by the TPLF following its advance in October that sparked international withdrawal from Ethiopia with fears of Addis Ababa onslaught.
Last week, at least twelve senior members of the Tigrayan forces were killed in battles in Dessie and Kombolcha sparking chaotic retreats of the TPLF towards Afar and Amhara border areas with the Tigray region.
Chemical Ali!