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. The conflict has escalated rapidly since June, when fighters began to retake most of Tigray and expand intoneighboring regions. [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. [320][315][318][321], Often, soldiers, and militias subjected Tigrayan women and girls, including pregnant women and young girls, to rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation, and other forms of sexual torture. "[200] The federal government and Amhara regional government did not respond to the claim. [64] However, fighting dramatically re-escalated in late August 2022, after peace talks broke down. Tigray rebels start handing over heavy weapons. [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. [244] By mid-September, reports emerged of Eritrea engaging in mass mobilization of the country's reservists to be sent to Tigray. Last August, Ethiopia rejected Sudan's mediation in the Tigray region crisis, arguing that it was a "biased party" in the armed conflict between the Liberation Front and the Ethiopian Defense forces. 2,750,000 internally displaced[41] In early 2018, after severalyears of frequent anti-government protests from different ethnic groups had seriously damaged the legitimacy of the. A number of reports have been made alleging that China, Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates were all providing military support for the Ethiopian government via the sale of weaponized drones. Following the outbreak of war between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray region in November 2020, the Sudanese army deployed its forces to the border in the east to protect its lands and prevent the warring parties from launching any military operations from within Sudan. A month later, the federal government began withholding funds from the regional administration. Today, the US may project Abiy Ahmed as some sort of a strongman but the fact remains that Ethiopians like him. [221] This was later confirmed by TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda; however, he claimed this was a strategic withdrawal, which was "part of their plan. [284], A small group of parents also protested in Mogadishu about what they said was the government's mismanagement of the issue. [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. Last November, as . [196], On 9 September 2021, the Ethiopian government claimed Tigrayan forces had been "routed" and heavily defeated in the Afar Region. "He himself is a member of that group and he is a criminal," army chief of staff General Birhanu Jula said in a televised statement, before calling for him to be removed. [358] By March 2021, Shire had become a major centre for internally displaced people and humanitarian aid distribution. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Tigrayan leader Meles Zenawiwas Ethiopia's transitional president from 1991 untilpoorly contested elections in1995, when he was elected prime minister. The Biden administration talks of a humanitarian intervention in Ethiopia, which really shows a desire to force a regime change in the East African nation. [67][152] The Tigray government vowed to continue fighting. The Tigray War has been the subject of numerous reactions and protests worldwide. The alleged killings took place in the town of Kobo, located along the highway to the capital, Addis Ababa. 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An Ethiopian government delegation, including the prime minister's national security advisor Redwan Hussein and several ministers, visited Tigray's capital Mekele on December 26, marking a major. Ethiopia's Tigray rebels start disarming under terms of Pretoria peace deal. Ethiopian federal and Tigray region officials agreed late Thursday at talks in Nairobi to grant the African Union full access to the region to oversee an end to the two-year . [11][279][280][281][282] As early as December 2020, there were unconfirmed rumors that Emirati drones were being stationed in the Eritrean port city of Assab. [322][323] Such sexual violence is often accompanied with other forms of physical and mental abuse, including burning their victims with hot iron or cigarettes, forcing metal rods or nails into their victim's genitals,[323][315] raping their victim in front of their family members, forcing their victims to rape their family members, calling their victims by derogatory words and ethnic slurs, etc. The Tigray rebels were due to disarm within 30 days of the accord but are yet to fully disband their fighting force. The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has denied accusations made by Ethiopia's army chief that he . [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. The report noted that before the war began, Somali forces under the leadership of the Eritrean Army had been stationed in trenches along the border. [246][247][248] The TDF had, thus far, largely resisted the offensive, and reportedly launched a counterattack to retake Sheraro. About 4.5 million people of are still in need of aid and about 1 million of that are not in accessible areas due to ongoing fighting. [370], The Ethiopian government tried to control the information environment by positioning itself as the sole provider of reliable information. Obamas legacy is painted as a rosy, revolutionary and absolutely utopic one by the American mainstream media. [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. "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 . Egypt has joined BRICS de-dollarisation campaign, The real reason why US denied giving Abram tanks to Ukraine. [362] One refugee interviewed by Reuters said that if they didn't leave when they did, they would have been killed by Amhara forces. [379] In November 2021 (during the 20212022 state of emergency), the Ethiopian Media Authority (EMA) threatened to cancel the media licences of BBC News, Reuters, CNN and Associated Press, accusing the news organisations of having "consistently disseminated news that sowed seeds of animosity among people and compromised the sovereignty of the country." Most of these cargo flights landed at the Harar Meda airbase in Ethiopia. Monday December 26, 2022. 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[345], In February 2021, GOAL Ethiopia, the International Rescue Committee (IRC), MCMDO, MSF-Spain, and World Vision, found that nearly one in seven children in 16 woredas and town administrations across Tigray were acutely malnourished. The Tigray Regional Water Bureau reported that out of 36 villages it assessed, only 4 had partially functioning water sources. 1606. [164] According to the Europe External Programme with Africa (EEPA), in Wukro over 200 people were killed and the town was left deserted. [3] Meanwhile, the city of Weldiya was captured by the TDF on 12 August 2021. [261] By 22 October, ENDF and EDF-allied forces had also captured Adwa and Axum, even as peace talks with the TPLF were about to commence in South Africa. [283] The victory of Ethiopian forces over Dessie and Kombolcha in December 2021 was partly due to the drones supplied by Ethiopia's allies. 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"[65] The fighting itself concentrated in the border area connecting Tigray, Amhara and Afar. 3 UN guards and 23 aid workers killed[40] 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. Ethiopia is banking on Russia for defence needs and. [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. [181], On 6 July 2021, the Tigrayan government mobilised to retake western Tigray from Amhara forces. OpIndia Staff. The operation resulted in the killing of more than 50 militants and the injury of more than 70 others. But the East African nation is clearly maneuvering its relations between big powers like China and Russia. Meanwhile, . [139] Humera was shelled from the direction of the EritreanEthiopian border for two days around 911 November. , Ethiopia has managed to decimate the US-backed Tigray fighters with relentless aerial bombardment. [112][113], The TPLF, led by its chairman Debretsion Gebremichael, rejected these measures, arguing that they were unconstitutional, and held its own regional election on 9 September, in defiance of the federal government. [254] Tigray mobilized its citizens too, calling on every able-bodied person to join the fight. [114][115][116] Several journalists were barred by the Ethiopian government from travelling to cover Tigray's regional election. A year ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed launched a military campaign against Tigray fighters, promising a quick victory. The aftermath of an airstrike in Mekele, capital of the Tigray region of northern . Guld stated that the soldiers, aged from 20 to 30 years old, were secretly taken from Mogadishu and sent to Asmara for military training. People celebrated in the streets of Mekelle as the TDF took the city. 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 . Their control has been marked by reports of ethnically motivated violence and forced displacement. ", "Is Ethiopia Flying Iranian-Made Armed Drones? The UAE reportedly uses a number of front companies for the delivery of weapons to a country in which it is not officially involved. Currently, Ethiopia seems to be in a comfortable position. Last week, thousands of Eritrean forces poured into Ethiopia in order to attack Tigray, while Eritrea pounded Tigray with heavy guns. 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. Ethiopia had previously rejected the efforts of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok to mediate in the Tigray conflict. Today, the government-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said Tigrayan rebels killed scores of civilians in the Amhara region on suspicion of being informants, supporting Abiy's. [245], On 20 September, the government of Tigray said Eritrea had invaded the region, and that heavy fighting was taking place across northern Tigray. This is how the Gulf nation is also known to support the Khalifa Haftar regime in Libya against the Turkey-backed regime. [85][86][87], Following the end of the Ethiopian Civil War in 1991, Ethiopia became a dominant-party state under the rule of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four ethnically based parties dominated by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). "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's. The EPRDF government led the country through periodic drought and famine, and the 1998-2000 border war with northern neighbor Eritrea. Strong winds and rains are currently causing uncomfortable weather on the popular vacation island. [329][330][331][332] The Danish Refugee Council and the International Rescue Committee reported killings of their staff in early December 2020. [200] He also stated there was a "massive build up of forces on all fronts. 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