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A conflict between the government of Ethiopia and forces in its northern Tigray region has thrown the country into turmoil. Ethiopia's Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has appealed to citizens to take up arms to block advancing rebel fighters. He made the call on Facebook after the rebels, from Tigray state, reportedly seized control of more towns in neighbouring Amhara. Fighting has been going on since November 2020, leaving thousands of people dead, with 350,000 others living in famine conditions.

Fears of an escalation of the crisis were heightened after a new rebel alliance between two ethnic groups threatened to march on the city. 麻豆官网首页入口 correspondent Kalkidan Yibeltal is in Addis Ababa. He describes the factors that have led the government to issue this plea, and how the crisis has brought the groups together, saying they have declared they will "continue fighting together, hand in hand" against the government.

Photo: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, May 2021. Credit: Getty Images