[238][237][239], On 27 August, the TDF captured the town of Kobo, following the ENDF's withdrawal. [101], On 1 December 2019, Abiy merged the ethnic and region-based parties of the EPRDF (which had governed Ethiopia for 28 years) and several opposition parties into his new Prosperity Party. Tigrayan spokesperson Getachew Reda said its forces had seen no fighting in Afar and had redeployed to the adjoining Amhara Region. [105] In March, the National Election Board of Ethiopia delayed the general elections originally scheduled for 29 August 2020 to a then-undetermined date, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [227][228], On 7 January the same day as the Dedebit airstrike Ethiopia released a number of opposition leaders from prison, including some from the TPLF, and said they desired to have a dialogue with the Tigrayan leadership. 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[223] Nevertheless, by the end of the month, the federal government had successfully repelled the incursion towards Addis Ababa, and Tigrayan forces were pushed back to Tigray. This is why Abiy Ahmed, a man of. The EPRDF government led the country through periodic drought and famine, and the 1998-2000 border war with northern neighbor Eritrea. And that may decide the winners of the Yemen war where the UAE and Saudi Arabia are fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. To this day it is the only region in Ethiopia where no credible opposition discourse is tolerated. [53], In retaliation,[128] an Ethiopian offensive was launched on 4 November, which was accompanied by the declaration of a state of emergency, the creation of the State of Emergency Inquiry Board[129] and a shutdown of government services in the Tigray Region. The African Union-brokered agreement includes the withdrawal of foreign forces from Tigray, the restoration of basic services and humanitarian aid, and the disarming of Tigray rebels. [306] They issued another emergency alert on 20 November 2021, stating that "both sides are committing genocide," referring to detentions of thousands of people based on Oromo or Tigrayan ethnic identity, and arguing that "Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's hate speech and calls for war" together with attacks by the ENDF and TPLF put Ethiopia into stages 4 (dehumanization), 6 (polarization), 8 (persecution), and 9 (extermination) of the ten stages of genocide. Michael Makuei refutes the claims saying that South Sudan is not involved in the northern Tigray region violence and has no interest in such an intervention. This is how the Gulf nation is also known to support the Khalifa Haftar regime in Libya against the Turkey-backed regime. [180] On 30 June 2021, the TDF had entered the town of Shire, some 140 kilometres (87mi) northwest of Mekelle, after it had been abandoned by Eritrean troops. Amhara and Eritrean forces also controlled parts of Tigray in the west and north, respectively. Tigrayan rebels have begun surrendering their heavy weapons, a key point in a deal signed more than two months ago to end a deadly conflict in northern Ethiopia, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. [67][68][69][70] Mass extrajudicial killings of civilians have taken place throughout, including in Axum,[71] Bora,[72] Chenna,[73][74] Kobo,[75][76] the Hitsats refugee camp,[77] Humera,[78] Mai Kadra,[69][79] the Debre Abay monastery,[72][80] and Zalambessa. [145] The Tigray government claimed these locations contained military terminals that served as bases to carry out airstrikes. Last week, thousands of Eritrean forces poured into Ethiopia in order to attack Tigray, while Eritrea pounded Tigray with heavy guns. [345], On 31 August 2021, USAID's mission director in Ethiopia, Sean Jones said: "We do have proof that several of our warehouses have been looted and completely emptied in the areas, particularly in Amhara, where TPLF soldiers have gone into, I do believe that the TPLF has been very opportunistic," in a televised interview with state broadcaster EBC in Addis Ababa. [41][361], In November 2020, the Amhara Region Special Force[362] and Amhara militias loyal to the Amhara regional government[53] took control of the western zone of Tigray in order to settle a decades-old land dispute. [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. [111] The terms of federal and regional lawmakers, as well as the executive branch, were then extended by federal parliament beyond the October 2020 constitutional mandates. [346][347] All parties to the conflict have been accused by USAID of looting aid shipments. to solve its own power problems and also those of its neigbours. Both sides blamed each other for initiating the fighting, and both also expressed frustration "for a lack of progress towards negotiations to end the 21-month conflict. The US has been backing the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) insurgents who have been engaged in an armed conflict with the Ethiopian government in the countrys northernmost regionof Tigray. [244] By mid-September, reports emerged of Eritrea engaging in mass mobilization of the country's reservists to be sent to Tigray. 20 April 2021 Humanitarian Aid. Ethiopia is strategically located in the Horn of Africa, which is a gateway to major world shipping flows via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. The megadam to be built on the Blue Nile River, which originates in Ethiopia, has been a point of controversy between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan. By supporting the war on Tigray, it might be hoping to get the support of Abiy and Isaias for its internal centralization project. [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. "Tigray has handed over its heavy weapons as part of its commitment to implement the Pretoria agreement", signed on November Abiy's chief ally today is Isaias Afwerki, the dictator of Eritrea. They know what he intends to do and they will not let it happen. [123] The same day before the Tigray forces launched the Northern Command attacks, the federal parliament of Ethiopia had suggested designating the TPLF as a terrorist organization. "[56][57] However, the TPLF stated soon afterwards that it would continue fighting until the "invaders" were out,[58][59] and on 28 June 2021, the Tigray Defense Forces (TDF) retook Mekelle; by July the same year, they had also advanced into the Amhara and Afar regions. ", "Is Ethiopia Flying Iranian-Made Armed Drones? The Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) is presently on a shopping spree. [67][152] The Tigray government vowed to continue fighting. [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. By February 2021, about 45,000 civilians had been forced to leave the zone due to extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detentions, and the disappearances of people, especially young men. [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. But activists are spreading the news", "From Basma to Ethiopia How C2FC is Using Lethal Journalism to Conduct Information Warfare and Lawfare against Ethiopia", "Ethiopia: Diaspora Community to Debunk Fake News Using Mainstream Media", "Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Fact-checking misleading images", "These old images do not show recent protests in Ethiopia's Tigray region", "Facebook 'lets vigilantes in Ethiopia incite ethnic killing', "Facebook is under new scrutiny for it's [sic] role in Ethiopia's conflict", "Facebook knew it was being used to incite violence in Ethiopia. "[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. [371] Pro-government groups used tactics similar to those of pro-Tigray groups to push their narrative of the conflict, though as of 5 February, pro-government campaigns had produced fewer Tweets overall. Army spokesman Al-Tahir Abu Haga asserted that the Ethiopian army's accusation of Sudan of supporting the Tigray militants was unfounded. [71][157][158][159] The Eritrean government stated that it was angered by Amnesty International's report on the massacre, calling it "transparently unprofessional" and "politically motivated" and accusing Amnesty of fabricating evidence. The Ethiopian army accused Sudan of providing support to Tigray fighters who tried to infiltrate from the Mahalla area on the border between the two countries. Abiy also reportedly imports drones from Iran and Turkey to use against Tigray's population, hospitals, and aid convoys. [167] In late January, the TDF had rallied and were intensifying their insurgency against Ethiopian forces despite the initial setbacks and heavy losses. [349][238] On 25 August (one day after the war resumed), the WFP accused the TPLF of stealing 570,000 liters of fuel meant to transport humanitarian aid. WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom supporting Tigray rebels, accuses Ethiopian Army General Ethiopia is at 'war' with Tigray region, says deputy Army chief, Berhanu Jula Ethiopia's PM launches military attack on Tigray's government as regional crisis worsens Ethiopia slams Trump's Dam remark, says 'will not tolerate aggression'; summons envoy Monday December 26, 2022. Your email address will not be published. Army chief of staff of Ethiopia, General Birhanu Jula, made the accusations in a televised statement on Thursday. 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[255] Amidst the three-front offensive launched by Ethiopia and Eritrea, estimates put the number of Ethiopian casualties at over 90,000 in a single month, while Tigrayan casualties were also deemed incredibly high. [280], There have been multiple unconfirmed reports of Somali troops being sent from a secret training base in Eritrea run by the National Intelligence and Security Agency to fight against the newly formed TDF. Since early November 2020, the Ethiopian government and Tigray fighters have been exchanging fire in a conflictthathas claimedthousands of lives and has leftmore than400,000 people facing famine, according to a recent UN estimate. [109][266] Hopes that these talks could definitively stop the war, however, remained low, as fighting did not appear to slow down, and Ethiopia vocalized their distrust about the peace process. He would go on to rule the countryuntil his death in 2012, and was succeeded by Hailemariam Desalegn. The UAE, being a regional powerhouse has shown willingness to get involved in different conflicts including the Yemen war, the Syrian civil war and the Libyan civil war. In 2018, following anti-government protests, Abiy Ahmed took over as PM and introduced reforms Powerful politicians from Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost state, accused Mr Abiy of trying to. People in the resource-rich North Kivu province have lived through . [198][199], On 8 October 2021, the TPLF said that an intensive air campaign by the Ethiopian Air Force began against TDF positions in the North Wollo and North Gondar zones of the Amhara Region, mostly around the towns of Wegeltena, Wurgessa and Haro. The Ethiopian forces are quite clearly winning the war against the TPLF despite the US imposing sanctions on the East African nation. In early November 2020, TPLF forces were accused of having attacked and looted federal military bases in the region. But he faces a problem. for investment needs. On Friday, even a UN aid plane couldnt. [95] On 2 April 2018, Ethiopian parliament elected Abiy as prime minister. "Tigray has handed over its heavy weapons as part of its commitment to implementing the #Pretoria agreement" that was signed between Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan rebels, Tigray People . [213], On 22 November, Prime Minister Abiy stated that he will be leading the fight against the rebels from the battlefront after the TDF claimed to have captured Shewa Robit,[214][215] saying; "We are now in the final stages of saving Ethiopia. [329][330][331][332] The Danish Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee reported killings of their staff in early December 2020. [130][131] During the subsequent days, skirmishes continued and the Ethiopian federal parliament declared the creation of an interim government for Tigray. Tigrayan rebels have started handing over their heavy weapons as a key part of an agreement signed with Ethiopia's government late last year, a spokesman for the rebel authorities said. [3] Meanwhile, the city of Weldiya was captured by the TDF on 12 August 2021. Two thousand displaced people returned to the Fant Rasu zone in Afar Region after the ENDF and Afar Special Forces regained control and OCHA partner organisations' access to improved. Amhara comprises 28% of the total population. Abiy has since folded the other three regional parties into his own national party, but the TPLF refused to join. In early 2018, after severalyears of frequent anti-government protests from different ethnic groups had seriously damaged the legitimacy of the EPRDF government, Hailemariam stepped down. July 2021 to present. But since June 2021, the Ethiopian army has endured continued setbacks and has been forced to withdraw from Tigray. But it led to the rise of numerous terrorist groups, the Muslim Brotherhood, and a greater influence of Turkey and Qatar. [334] On 25 June 2021, three Mdecins Sans Frontires workers were found murdered near their car in Tigray. News/Politics 2023-01-06T11:02:07.439Z. [172] On 21 May, Ethiopia's military prosecutors convicted 3 soldiers of rape and pressed charges against over 50 others suspected of killing civilians in Tigray or committing rape and other forms of sexual violence. In the same announcement, the Ethiopian government stated that all Eritrean forces had withdrawn from the region, though this was not confirmed by the Eritrean government. A huge land in Addis and other places? Fighters from the northern region have been locked in a brutal war with government forces since last year. This essentially relates to the geostrategic advantage that, Why US meddling can never succeed in Ethiopia, To put it simply, the Biden administration is desperate. Rebels surveyed the wreckage of a military plane downed by their forces south of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. The Tigray Regional Water Bureau reported that out of 36 villages it assessed, only 4 had partially functioning water sources. The Tigray . 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