[252], On 10 October, the TPLF claimed that Eritrea was escalating its offensive, sending more forces towards Rama, Tserona, and Zalambessa in the far north, with one aid worker saying it is the heaviest fighting since hostilities resumed. How an Indian spiritual Guru solved Colombias decade-old strife, Orwellian Ministry of Truth becomes a reality in Bidens America, Turkey and Greece: A firepower index comparison of all sorts, Norway creates a proxy Wagner agent for NATO, Sex, sleaze, and drugs is what WEF is all about, Trudeau didnt want to face the wrath of Saskatchewan, so he planned to ignore it. , Ethiopia has managed to decimate the US-backed Tigray fighters with relentless aerial bombardment. At the end of the day, Ethiopia is avoiding becoming a client State of any nation and is maintaining its strategic autonomy. [291][292][293][294] As of late 2022, the combined impact of wartime violence, famine and a lack of medical access had killed an estimated 385,000-600,000 people,[44] with other reported estimates reaching numbers as high as 700,000-800,000 killed. "[380], On 20 May 2022, Ethiopian law enforcement began arresting journalists en masse, with 4,500 people in the Amhara Region alone being taken into custody. By supporting the war on Tigray, it might be hoping to get the support of Abiy and Isaias for its internal centralization project. [58][153], After Ethiopian federal forces and their allies captured Mekelle and other major cities, forces loyal to the Tigray government began to regroup into mountainous areas of the region and reorganized under the banner of the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF). Shortly after hearing news of the TDF advance, the Ethiopian government declared an immediate unilateral ceasefire across the Tigray Region. [53], On 28 and 29 November, witnesses and survivors, including refugees in Sudan, reported that the Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) carried out the Axum massacre of about 720 to 800 civilians. They are an ethnic group that brutally governed and looted the country for 27 bitter years. My personal account", "Ethiopie: 'A Aksoum, j'ai aid transporter plus de 300 morts', "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. A similar call was made in Afar. For them, Obama was the God of freedoms and humanity and they continue to push that belief down our throats even today. Abiy also reportedly imports drones from Iran and Turkey to use against Tigray's population, hospitals, and aid convoys. [364], In March 2021, Mulu Nega, then leader of the federal-government-appointed Transitional Government of Tigray, stated that Amhara de facto administrators of Western Tigray used violence against ethnic Tigrayans and forcibly displaced them. [30], Many sources have accused the Ethiopian and Eritrean governments of engaging in crimes against humanity via ethnic cleansing of Tigrayans. [164], On 9 January 2021, Ethiopian TV reported that 300 refugees in Hitsats camp were executed by the TPLF. In early 2018, after severalyears of frequent anti-government protests from different ethnic groups had seriously damaged the legitimacy of the. "[313][314] On 1 November 2021, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stated that "we should closely follow those who work for the enemy and live amongst us," as reports of a new roundup of ethnic Tigrayans came out of Addis Ababa. Abiy has since folded the other three regional parties into his own national party, but the TPLF refused to join. He unseated many Tigrayan officials, charged some with corruption and introduced a set of political. But. [155] Meanwhile, the continued war prompted regional leaders, including Kenyan President Kenyatta, to voice their concerns and urge peace, while US Secretary of State Blinken met with the AU envoy to Ethiopia, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, to discuss the crisis. The country is looking to industrialise. No one talks about the cruel tyranny of the TPLF that existed in Tigray long before this war began. [332] Although the Ethiopian federal government claimed to have given "full and unhindered access for humanitarian actors to operate in all parts of the region," many humanitarian agencies reported having been repulsed at army checkpoints and blocked from entry to various regions. [66] On 12 November, both parties signed a deal to allow humanitarian aid into Tigray. And that may decide the winners of the Yemen war where the UAE and Saudi Arabia are fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. "[63], After a successful government counter-offensive in response, and then a series of negotiations with the TPLF, Ethiopia declared an indefinite humanitarian truce on 24 March 2022, in order to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid into Tigray. 81 - 10 February 2021", "Ethiopian cities hit by rockets from Tigray forces", "Rockets fired from Ethiopia's Tigray hit Eritrean capital, diplomats say", "Ethiopia crisis: Tigray leader vows to keep fighting as government advances", "Ethiopia: Shire Town of Tigray Captured", "Ethiopian government says troops take two towns from Tigray fighters", "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: PM gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender", "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Mekelle hospital struggling after attack Red Cross", "Fact check: Are other nations involved in the war in Tigray? Recently, in a speech made at the UN general assembly, President Biden mentioned the need for an African Union-led peace initiative regarding the conflict, a position long held by Ethiopia, but one the rebels disparaged, with their spokesman accusing the AU assigned chief mediator, Olusegun Obasanjo as being too close to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. The State of Emergency Taskforce stated that the Tigrayan peacekeepers were returned to Ethiopia because of "infiltration of TPLF elements in various entities. The heads of French and German diplomacy began a visit to Addis Ababa on Thursday to support peace in Tigray, more than two months after the agreement that ended the conflict in this northern . The Tigray War[b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020[a] to 3 November 2022. 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To put it simply, the Biden administration is desperate. [169] That same month, an undated video surfaced that purported to show Ethiopian troops executing 11 unarmed men before throwing their bodies off a cliff near Mahibere Dego. [340][341][342][343][344] By 13 March 2021, the UN and its partners reached about 0.9 million people with complete food baskets, and 0.7 million people with clean water. Ethiopia consists of three main ethnic communities: The Oromo and the Amhara felt that they were being marginalized by the Tigray minority under the rule of a TPLF-dominated coalition, which funelled a large share of national resources into the Tigray region. [117][118] Ethiopia considered the Tigray election to be illegal, and responded by slashing federal funding to the region, a decision the TPLF described as "tantamount to declaration of war. [322], There have been several reported attacks on humanitarian workers, including attacks by Ethiopian government soldiers. [163] By early March, residents said that the number of Eritrean soldiers in Tigray was in the thousands. The UAE reportedly uses a number of front companies for the delivery of weapons to a country in which it is not officially involved. [307], Ethnic profiling against Tigrayans occurred during the Tigray War, with Ethiopians of Tigrayan ethnicity being put on indefinite leave from Ethiopian Airlines or refused permission to board,[308] prevented from overseas travel,[309] and an "order of identifying ethnic Tigrayans from all government agencies and NGOs" being used by federal police to request a list of ethnic Tigrayans from an office of the World Food Programme. Your email address will not be published. Now the front line is getting closer and closer toAddis Ababa, with the prime minister calling on residents to be ready to defend the capital. [77] According to refugees, pro-TPLF forces used Hitsats as a base for several weeks in November 2020, killing several refugees who wanted to leave the camp to get food and, in one incident, killed nine young Eritrean men in revenge for having lost a battle against the EDF. [135][136] Two days later, refugees interviewed by the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The New York Times stated that Amhara militias, including Fano,[137][138] and the ENDF[78] carried out beatings and massacres of 92 Tigrayans in Humera. [249] On September 27, an airstrike allegedly carried out by Eritrea struck the northern town of Adi Dairo while it was celebrating Meskel, killing at least six civilians and injured 19 more. "[54][55] Federal allied forces captured Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, on 28 November, after which Abiy declared the operation "over. [369] Both Agence France-Presse and BBC News have documented examples of old or manipulated photos, which misleadingly endorsed either the federal Ethiopian government or the TPLF. Where just months ago the Tigrayan rebels fighting in the name of the former TPLF state government had been reduced to a guerilla forces striking from the hills, they've now recaptured the state capital and continue to advance even beyond the state's borders in a show . The Emiratis understand that they must prioritize their own interests over Bidens ambition of destabilizing Ethiopia and establishing a puppet regime in the East African nation. Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal. DW has confirmed that at least two officials of the interim administration were dismissed over comments on the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray. Kaili out, Angel in: Is the EU Parliament starting afresh? 'Supporting Gumuz rebels' The armed Gumuz militia has been unleashing brutal ethnic attacks on ethnic minorities in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz state, where the dam is located. Abiy, a non-Tigrayan politician with little ties to the TPLF, enjoyed widespread popularity. The plan was to overthrow several regimes, like that of Gaddafi in Libya or Assad of Syria. [358] By March 2021, Shire had become a major centre for internally displaced people and humanitarian aid distribution. Last November, as . [346][347] All parties to the conflict have been accused by USAID of looting aid shipments. [161] The same month, Somalia's information minister, Osman Abukar Dubbe, confirmed Somali soldiers were training in Eritrea, but denied any of these troops had been sent to Tigray. 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The EMA cited "reporting the Law enforcement operation as a genocidal campaign" as an example of misleading information aiming to "undermin[e] the [federal] government's efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region. [295][296][297] The Ethiopian and Eritrean governments have also been accused of genocide. [156], On 6 May, Ethiopia's House of Peoples Representatives declared the TPLF as a terrorist organization. [175] On 28 June 2021, the Tigray Defense Forces retook the city of Mekelle. [389][390] The agreement was made effective the next day on 3 November, marking the two-year anniversary of the war.[50]. [356] More than 50,000 people have fled to Sudan due to the conflict. Ethiopia had previously rejected the efforts of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok to mediate in the Tigray conflict. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that there had been acts of ethnic cleansing in Tigray. "[65] The fighting itself concentrated in the border area connecting Tigray, Amhara and Afar. They claim the area was taken from them by force in 1992 after TPLF forces overthrew the communist PDRE government and divided the country into ethnic regional states. [139] Humera was shelled from the direction of the EritreanEthiopian border for two days around 911 November. "[61][62] Together with seven smaller rebel groups, the TPLF and OLA declared a coalition aiming to "dismantle Abiy's government by force or by negotiations, and then form a transitional authority. They are likely to face resistance from other Ethiopians who fear the return to power of a party that ruled the country for nearly three decades. Only 16% of the health facilities had vaccination services and only 17% had maternal services (antenatal care, birth delivery, etc.). [108] In turn, the TPLF has accused the federal government of accumulating too much power for itself, and that it was engaging in ethnic discrimination of Tigrayans. The UAE is the biggest example of this defiance, and Ethiopia is the battlefield. [192][193] On 9 August, UNICEF executive director Henrietta Fore expressed concern about reports that over 200 people, including 100 children, had been killed in attacks on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in the Afar Region. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Article 62.9 grants the House of Federation the right to "order Federal intervention if any State [government], in violation of [the] Constitution, endangers the constitutional order. In the mid-1970s, a small group of militiamen founded the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). 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