On Sunday, Abiy Ahmed called on citizens to take up arms to block the advance of the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
The T.P.F.L has fought a year-long campaign against government forces, capturing key towns in recent days.
Facebook has been criticized for failing to do more to stop its platform being used to incite violence.
A spokesperson for Facebook, whose parent company recently rebranded to Meta, said they were made aware of a post by Ethiopia’s Prime Minister and they removed it for violating their policies against inciting and supporting violence.
