![]() Impliedly, suggesting that the measure resorted to is a military (counter) attack – in other words, war. Similarly, the State of Emergency decree adopted by the Council of Ministers on November 04 has made it clear that the situation in Tigray ‘cannot be prevented and controlled through the regular law enforcement mechanisms’. Therefore, “the Federal government is forced into a military confrontation” and the NDF is ordered to carry out the mission. On the same day, a press release by the Office of the Prime Minister accused TPLF of waging war and the war has occurred despite the Federal Government’s determination to avoid one. In a subsequent statement the PM had explicitly regarded the TPLF’s armed attack, the NDF’s counterattack, and the overall situation as a “situation of war ”. ![]() Forthwith, as the commander-in-chief of the NDF Abiy ordered the NDF to launch a military operation against the perpetrators of the armed attack against the NC. On 04 November 2020, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (Ph.D.) has appeared on national TV and broke the news of an armed attack on the National Defence Force’s (NDF) contingent stationed in Tigray region – called, the Northern Command (NC) by the ruling party in the region- Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) through its military branch, the Special Police Force (SPF). ![]() Keywords: NIAC, armed conflict, armed attack, law enforcement, Tigray conflict, Ethiopia.Ĭharacterization of the situation : An ‘armed conflict’? Author: Marishet Mohammed Hamza Image Source:
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