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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>The US said on Saturday it had ordered all of its non-essential diplomats and their families to leave Ethiopia, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed urged people to make sacrifices to fend off rebels threatening to advance on the capital.<\/p>\n

Nine rebel groups said on Friday they would join forces in an alliance built around the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been locked in a year-long war that has killed thousands and pushed many more into famine-like conditions.<\/p>\n

Abiy, winner of the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, sent troops into Tigray in November last year to topple the TPLF, accusing them of attacking military bases.<\/p>\n

The US State Department said it had \u201cordered the departure of non-emergency US government employees and their family members\u201d on Friday, and it was also urging all other US nationals to leave.<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and other countries have also urged their people to leave Ethiopia in the past week. TPLF representative Berhane Gebre-Christos said on Friday the alliance was aiming to \u201cremove the regime\u201d as he signed the nine-party agreement in Washington.<\/p>\n

Abiy then tweeted on Saturday that \u201cthere are sacrifices to be made, but those sacrifices will salvage Ethiopia\u201d. \u201cWe have seen the tests and obstacles and it made us stronger,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The government\u2019s communication service said on Twitter: \u201cFor us, Ethiopians, dying for our sovereignty, unity and identity, is an honour. There is no Ethiopianism without sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last weekend, the TPLF said it had taken two strategic cities in Amhara region, where its fighters advanced after retaking their Tigray bastion in June. It said on Wednesday it had reached the town of Kemissie in Amhara, 325 kilometres (200 miles) northeast of the capital.<\/p>\n

The TPLF added it was running \u201cjoint operations\u201d with another rebel group, the Oromo Liberation Army, which predicted Addis Ababa could fall in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian government, which on Tuesday declared a nationwide emergency, has denied any major rebel advance or threat on the capital, vowing to press on to victory in \u201can existential war\u201d.<\/p>\n

Abiy\u2019s spokeswoman Billene Seyoum on Friday accused the rebels of spinning \u201can alarmist narrative that is creating much tension among different communities, including the international community\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis information warfare and this propaganda that they have been propagating is giving a false sense of insecurity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The UN Security Council on Friday called for a ceasefire but neither side has yet responded. Abiy declared a victory in the conflict shortly after sending in the troops.<\/p>\n

But by late June the rebels had retaken most of Tigray and expanded into neighbouring Afar and Amhara. The conflict has also exacerbated ethnic rivalries, in particular on social media where calls for war and hatred have been rife.<\/p>\n

Twitter announced on Saturday that it had temporarily disabled its \u201ctrends\u201d section \u2014 which groups the most viral tweets on a subject \u2014 for Ethiopia. The social media giant said it was \u201cfocused on protecting the safety of the conversation on Twitter,\u201d adding that \u201cinciting violence or dehumanising people is against our rules\u201d.<\/p>\n

Facebook\u2019s parent company Meta said Wednesday that it had deleted a post by Abiy that called for Ethiopians to \u201cbury\u201d the rebels. Following Tuesday\u2019s declaration of a nationwide emergency, lawyers told AFP thousands of Tigrayans had been detained.<\/p>\n

The authorities say they are only targeting TPLF supporters. But rights watchdog Amnesty International slammed the emergency measures, calling them \u201ca blueprint for escalating human rights violations\u201d.<\/p>\n

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