[150] On 23 November, Ethiopian forces reached the regional capital of Mekelle and encircled it. The plan was to overthrow several regimes, like that of Gaddafi in Libya or Assad of Syria. [178] BBC News reporter Vivienne Nunis characterised the ceasefire as an attempt by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to save face, the government having little other option. [368], Facebook has been heavily criticized for its perceived role in fuelling ethnic tensions during the war, and has faced accusations that, in choosing not to crack down on hate speech being spread by Ethiopian users, it is complicit in cases of ethnic cleansing in the country. Birhanu did not offer any evidence to support his accusations. The UAE reportedly uses a number of front companies for the delivery of weapons to a country in which it is not officially involved. [217][218][219][220] On 6 December, government forces claimed to have recaptured the strategic cities of Dessie and Kombolcha. [30] After a number of peace and mediation proposals in the intervening years, Ethiopia and the Tigrayan rebel forces agreed to a cessation of hostilities on 2 November, which went into effect the day after;[50] Eritrea was not a party to the agreement, however, and their status has remained unclear. Resentment has festered futher under current Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is himself an Oromo. [67][152] The Tigray government vowed to continue fighting. [209] Meanwhile, it was reported that a new roundup of ethnic Tigrayans had occurred in Addis Ababa. The government has responded to the rebellion with a counterinsurgency offensive. [226] However, in January 2022, the Ethiopian Air Force began launching a bombing campaign in the Tigray Region, killing 108 people, including at least 56 from an airstrike targeting an IDP camp in Dedebit. With a left-wing nationalist ideology, they vowed to fight for the rights of Tigrayans, a relatively small ethnic group that account for just 5% of the population and had long been marginalized by the central government. [164], On 9 January 2021, Ethiopian TV reported that 300 refugees in Hitsats camp were executed by the TPLF. Obamas legacy is painted as a rosy, revolutionary and absolutely utopic one by the American mainstream media. Ethiopia is no small African nation that can be crippled by American intervention. Most of these cargo flights landed at the Harar Meda airbase in Ethiopia. [49][50] The war was primarily fought in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal government and Eritrea on one side, and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) on the other. 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. Monday December 26, 2022. ", "Ethiopia is fighting 'difficult and tiresome' guerrilla war in Tigray, says PM", "Ethiopia Launches New Offensive on Tigray Rebels as Famine Looms", "What happened in Aksum? However, no one except the US wants to support the TPLF fighters in their bid to break up the nation of Ethiopia. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's national security adviser said the government had "accepted this invitation" while the leader of rebel-held . At the end of the day, Ethiopia is avoiding becoming a client State of any nation and is maintaining its strategic autonomy. News/Politics 2023-01-06T11:02:07.439Z. The alliance then began to run Ethiopia under a federal system, with TPLF holdingsway over the other groups and dominating politics for nearly three decades. [200] On 11 October, Ethiopian-allied forces launched coordinated ground attacks "on all fronts" against the TDF with combined arms including tanks, helicopters, heavy artillery, warplanes, and drones according to the Tigrayan government. It is pushing a misleading narrative that projects the Tigray fighters as victims and the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as some sort of an aggressor. 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. This became apparent in the last two months after the Tigrayan rebels achieved major gains in the Tigray region by seizing key areas after the army withdrew. Refusing to join the group, the TPLF moved back to its stronghold. "[200] The federal government and Amhara regional government did not respond to the claim. Ethiopia is banking on Russia for defence needs and China for investment needs. A year ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign against Tigray fighters, promising a quick victory. The Biden administration talks of a. in Ethiopia, which really shows a desire to force a regime change in the East African nation. [356][366] As of 2 February 2021, 20,000 of the Eritrean refugees in Tigray, mostly from the Hitsats and Shimelba camps, remained unaccounted for, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Meanwhile, the UAE seems to be further assuring Ethiopia about its support. [326][327][328], After being subjected to sexual violence, many women become infected with STIs like HIV, who face difficulty getting treatment due to a sense of shame, as well as the collapse of medical infrastructure caused by the war. [162], By mid-December, fighting had reached Hagere Selam, Samre, Dogua, Kolla Tembien, May Tsemre and localities around Maychew. Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal. But he faces a problem. Caracal International is UAEs State-owned small arms manufacturer and therefore Emirati supplies are crucial for the Ethiopian forces amidst the ongoing Tigray war. [176][177] Ethiopian soldiers, police and administrators were seen leaving, ahead of the occupation by the TDF. 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. Thousands of Ethiopian troops supported by artillery, tanks, and airstrikes fought dug-in forces loyal to the Tigray regional government. The Sudanese army regained control over more than 90 percent of its territory, including the al-Fashqa area, which was occupied by Ethiopia, prompting the latter to accuse it of exploiting the domestic situation to attack its lands. [334] On 25 June 2021, three Mdecins Sans Frontires workers were found murdered near their car in Tigray. [181], On 6 July 2021, the Tigrayan government mobilised to retake western Tigray from Amhara forces. 3 UN guards and 23 aid workers killed[40] [107], The Ethiopian government and its supporters have accused the TPLF of trying to re-establish their rule over the country through violence and force. But since June 2021, the Ethiopian army has endured continued setbacks and has been forced to withdraw from Tigray. [230], On 24 March 2022, the Ethiopian government declared an indefinite humanitarian truce, in order to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid into Tigray. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been accused of supporting Tigray rebels TPLF in Ethiopia. [151][127], Though TPLF leaders and special forces had already left the city, Ethiopian forces continued their direct assault on Mekelle on the morning of 28 November, and started heavily shelling the city. [35] [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. The aftermath of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern . [209], On 2 November 2021, as the counter-offensive came deeper into federal-controlled territory, the Ethiopian government declared a six-month state of emergency, which envisages the possibility to arrest and detain critics of the government without a court warrant, impose curfews, institute censorship, restrict freedom of movement as well as to call any adult person to fight in the war, for fear of serving from three to ten years in prison. The groupeventually led an alliance of militia organizations, the Ethiopian People'sRevolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), that overthrew the Soviet Union-backed regime in 1991. [238][237][239], On 27 August, the TDF captured the town of Kobo, following the ENDF's withdrawal. In response to the killings, Sudan started to build up its military along the border with Ethiopia. [315] There were "deeply distressing reports of sexual and gender-based violence, extrajudicial killings, [and the] widespread destruction and looting of public and private property by all parties" according to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. 13,000,000 in need of food aid[43], After years of increased tensions and hostilities between the TPLF and the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea, fighting began when Tigrayan security forces attacked the Northern Command headquarters of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF), alongside a number of other bases in Tigray. Amhara comprises 28% of the total population. Rebels in Tigray said the government in Addis Ababa has launched a "large-scale offensive." . 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[149] Fighting between Tigray and Eritrea took place in Adi Quala, Zalembesa, Taruna, Ali Tina, Wadqomdi, and Badme. Photo: Gerald Matzka/dpa, 17 January 2023, Spain, Palma: A man with an umbrella walks past Christmas decorations damaged by strong winds in Palma. [286][287], Former head of the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency, Abdilsalan Guld,[288] claimed that Somali troops were sent to Tigray. By the evening, Prime Minister Abiy declared Ethiopian forces had taken full control of the city. The comment came from Salih during a. DW has confirmed that at least two officials of the interim administration were dismissed over comments on the presence of Eritrean troops in Tigray. [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. [358] By March 2021, Shire had become a major centre for internally displaced people and humanitarian aid distribution. [374][375][376][377][378], The Ethiopian government had engaged in repeated crackdowns on media coverage throughout the war. to solve its own power problems and also those of its neigbours. 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[221] This was later confirmed by TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda; however, he claimed this was a strategic withdrawal, which was "part of their plan. [364], In November 2020, the UN warned of "very critical" supply shortages for the nearly 100,000 Eritrean refugees who, prior to the war, were registered in four camps in Tigray region. [312], Ethnic Tigrayan members of Ethiopian components of United Nations peacekeeping missions were disarmed and some forcibly flown back to Ethiopia, at the risk of torture or execution, according to United Nations officials. [146], From 17 to 19 November, Ethiopian forces captured the Raya district and the towns of Shire, Alamata, Adwa, and Axum,[147][148] and began moving towards Adigrat. [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. [41], In December 2020, the UN estimated more than one million people had been internally displaced by the fighting. Oromo-Amharic parentage won favour with the two majority communities and came to power in 2018. On 20 December 2021, the TPLF announced they had withdrawn their troops from Amhara and Afar, saying they were hoping to create, as stated by TPLF chairman Debretsion Gebremichael, "a decisive opening for peace." So, what makes Ethiopia so important that the UAE too decided to defy the US and back Addis Ababa? 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On Friday, even a UN aid plane couldnt land in Mekelle due to the ongoing airstrikes being carried out by the Ethiopian forces. The Tigray War was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020 to 3 November 2022. 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 . [60] In early November 2021, the TDF, together with the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), took control of several towns on the highway south from Tigray Region towards Addis Ababa, and the TPLF stated that it considered "marching on [the capital]. Meanwhile, . "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 . . [164] According to the Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA), in Wukro over 200 people were killed and the town was left deserted. 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