statement from south region

The public government then cut financing to the district, which the TPLF said was "comparable to an exhibition of war".

In what the International Crisis Group named a "surprising and obvious" drop into battle, Abiy said on November 4 that the TPLF had crossed a "red line" and attacked an administration armed force establishment in Tigray, driving a "military standoff".

The TPLF faults Abiy for thinking of the story to legitimize sending the military against it.

In any case, things moved speedy, with Abiy ensuring air attacks have at this point been done on Tigray military assets and promising more.

Misfortunes have been represented on the different sides yet with exchanges really out, it is difficult to actually take a look at either side's record of events on the ground.

While the eyes of the world have been based on the US political choice, alert is mounting over the chance of normal clash in Ethiopia, which would set two astonishing military contrary to each other.

Given Tigray has an astounding military, with a normal 250,000 warriors, a contention could be expanded and dying.

There are concerns a conflict in Ethiopia could reverberate across the by and large sensitive Horn of Africa, influencing neighbors Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan.