Ethiopia In All-Weapons Fight Against Tigray Rebel Advance

Ethiopia&#039;s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has urged his supporters to use any weapons they have to stop an advance by Tigrayan rebel forces.<br />Mr Abiy says it was the duty of citizens to, block, destroy and bury the forces of the TPLF rebels.<br />He issued the appeal on Facebook after the rebels said they&#039;d made further territorial gains in the Amhara region, taking them closer to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.<br />A TPLF spokesman, Getachew Reda, says they had captured Kombolcha and that their only aim was to break a siege of Tigray.