ETHIOPIA’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate leader said on Monday his nation was not descending into “chaos” despite a military offensive against the restive Tigray region where air attacks and fighting have killed at least six people in recent days.
The flare-up in the northern region bordering Eritrea and Sudan has raised fears of civil war in Africa’s second-most populous nation where ethnic conflict has killed hundreds since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took over in 2018.
“Ethiopia is grateful for friends expressing their concern. Our rule of law operation is aimed at guaranteeing peace and stability once and for all by bringing perpetrators of instability to justice,” he tweeted on Monday.
“Concerns that Ethiopia will descend into chaos are unfounded and a result of not understanding our context deeply.”
Leaders of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region said on Monday the federal government led by Abiy had launched more than 10 air raids
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