'I don't think Satan is commensurate with them,' he said. One Ethiopian lawmaker suggested Tigray forces were committing extremely serious crimes. The government can impose a curfew, order citizens into military training, disrupt transport services and travel, suspend licenses of media outlets and detain indefinitely anyone suspected of having links with a so-called terrorist group. The state of emergency will last for six months. Thousands of people have been killed since then. The emergency, declared Tuesday by the Ethiopian government, was the clearest sign of alarm yet from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.ДЄ year ago this week, Abiy allowed soldiers from neighboring Eritrea to enter the Tigray region and - alongside Ethiopian troops - pursue Tigrayan forces. In the meantime, Ethiopia's parliament ratified the country's state of emergency Thursday by an overwhelming majority, as rival Tigray forces threaten to move on the capital and the country's yearlong war escalates quickly.

Tigray forces seized key cities in recent days and linked up with another armed group, leading the government of AfricaвЂ™s second-most populous country to declare a national state of emergency with sweeping detention powers. The war that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since November 2020 threatens to engulf Addis Ababa. The event came as Ethiopia's government lashed out in response to international alarm about hate speech, comparing rival Tigray forces to 'a rat that strays far from its hole' and saying the country is close to 'burying the evil forces.' 'We are not allowed to get tired at this critical time.' 'There is no victory without sacrifice,' Addis Ababa mayor Adanech Abebe said in her address to the crowds. Thousands of Ethiopians filled a stadium in the capital Addis Ababa to show their support for new military recruits, as the country's year-long war escalates quickly.

The 7 hour war