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NAIROBI, Kenya — A state-affiliated broadcaster on Friday purportedly showed Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister on the battlefront of the country’s yearlong war against Tigray forces, four days after he announced he would direct the army from there. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in military uniform, claimed that the war “is being conducted with a high level of success” and …

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NAIROBI, Kenya — Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister has gone to the battlefront, his government announced Wednesday, after the leader said martyrdom might be necessary in the yearlong war with rival fighters approaching the capital. “It might be necessary to rescue what looks like a very faltering Ethiopian military response.” The Tigray forces, who had long dominated the national …

Abiy Ahmed on Tuesday promised to lead his country’s army ‘from the battlefront’ after Tigrayan rebels threatened to march on Addis Ababa. Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has gone to the front lines to lead his troops in the battle against forces from the northern Tigray region, state-affiliated media reported. Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen Hassen would take charge of …