My Googling tells me the Tigray capital is coming under heavy bombardment. @ShabbaRanks what’s the situation on the ground? Are the Tigrays planning some counteroffensive that will not only push back federal forces but also take control of the entire country like they did in the mid-70s? From the BBC:
TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael told Reuters in a text message that Mekelle was under “heavy bombardment”, and said that government forces had started an operation to capture it.
A separate TPLF statement, reported by AFP, urged “the international community to condemn the artillery and warplane attacks and massacres being committed”.
It also accused the Eritrean government of involvement in the attack on Mekelle.
It looks like these TPLF leaders abuse the Shashamane strain that Ethiopia is famous for. These guys repeatedly showed the federal government the middle finger even as other regions complied with directives. They then confidently (stupidly?) opened an unnecessary front by attacking Eritrea. Why are they surprised at the turn of events? Abiy Ahmed aendelee kufinya hizi mende mpaka zishike adabu. The rest of Africa is behind our wise Nobel Prize-winning PM.
They just fcking destroyed a country due to stupid fragile egos. We say what happened last time they fought; they will destroy the economic progress made and make the country unsafe. Right now I would not attempt to fly Ethiopian as these fckers are crazy and can do any shiet.
And it’s a cue for KQ to step up once more : it’s amazing how Kenya gets all these changes with chaos around us and yet we never seem to reap the benefits.
Sad that we continue to steal from KQ when it could dominate African skies and be a source of Kenyan influence. Ethiopian is dominating and yet these guys were at war for decades in the 90s; there was no competition for KQ. We should not even be allowing Qatar and Emirates flying rights into Kenya; Kenyan bound passengers should be connecting in Doha or Dubai but we should our souls and will have to pay do it .
That would be ideal. But the flight contracts around the world were signed decades ago. Will be tough to stop the larger airlines. But KQ is a cash cow for the Kenyatta extended family. From airport janitorial contracts, to equipment contracts all belong to them. KQ even leases all their aircraft from them.
They just raped that city with pyramid like mountains, but the tigrays have been playing stupid with abiy!
I never understood where they get the stamina to fight endless conflicts
Kenya and Ethiopia have a defense treaty specifically created to deter Somali invasion of either Kenya or Ethiopia. It would be suicidal for Somali to attempt such an aggression since Kenya would be forced to ally itself with Ethiopia. Somalia would not only suffer a humiliating loss, but would most likely lose territory to teach them a lesson.
It breaks my heart seeing those savages raping the beautiful pyramid like mountains of mekele.
Bed bugs fucked me real good in raya, TPLF are idiots.
But there stamina to fight is on another level
Mekelle wasn’t bombed the fighting were outside the city and tplf left mekelle when they heard that the abiy Ahmed administration was planning on bombing the city