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. [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. He pointed out that Sudan and its army do not interfere in the internal issues of neighboring Ethiopia, calling on the leadership in Addis Ababa to work on resolving their conflicts without dragging Khartoum in them. 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. [302][303][304] The Ethiopian Government denied the allegations. Ethiopian military decimates Tigray fighters, Ethiopian forces have carried out aerial bombardment in Tigrays regional capital city of Mekelle for at least four days this week. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), all of the functioning hospitals and health centres in Tigray had a lack of medical supplies, drugs, and equipment. In early November 2020, TPLF forces were accused of having attacked and looted federal military bases in the region. Since November 2020, a complex and tragic civil war has raged in the Tigray region of Ethiopia pitting Tigrayans, led by Ethiopia's former ruling elite, against Ethiopia's federal government and. View our. Addis Ababa Police Commissioner, Getu Argaw, said those detained had suspected links to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), the region's once-powerful ruling party the government has since outlawed as a terrorist group. [53] The ENDF counterattacked from the south while Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) began launching attacks from the north which Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed described as "law enforcement operations. 45 of those cargo flights originated in the UAE while only six came from the Shiite nation of Iran. [383][384] By December 2021, the Committee to Protect Journalists described both Ethiopia and Eritrea as the worst "jailers of journalists" in sub-Saharan Africa. There was no immediate WHO comment on the allegation against Tedros, who is Ethiopian of Tigrayan ethnicity. 875,879+ refugees[41] (20,000 missing)[42] The Ethiopian forces are quite clearly winning the war against the TPLF despite the US imposing, on the East African nation. All sides wished to secure a military victory, but they lacked the ability to do so in the near term, and so they began to prepare for a prolonged conflict. [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). [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. Abiy has since folded the other three regional parties into his own national party, but the TPLF refused to join. [33] In 1984-1985, the TPLF redirected Western aid intended for starving civilians in order to purchase weapons. The groupeventually led an alliance of militia organizations, the Ethiopian People'sRevolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), that overthrew the Soviet Union-backed regime in 1991. [369] Wilmot suggested that the lines between authentic political activity and deliberate manipulation of online content during the conflict were increasingly blurred. [139] Humera was shelled from the direction of the EritreanEthiopian border for two days around 911 November. USAs own allies are not with him. [65] Rapid mobilization of troops soon followed, with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray reportedly organizing hundreds of thousands of troops against each other by October the same year. The Tigray War[b] was an armed conflict that lasted from 3 November 2020[a] to 3 November 2022. 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. 20 April 2021 Humanitarian Aid. "[195] With the TDF advancing deeper into Amhara, various cities across the region began enforcing curfews. [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). But it led to the rise of numerous terrorist groups, the Muslim Brotherhood, and a greater influence of Turkey and Qatar. How Local Guerrilla Fighters Routed Ethiopia's . [259][260] Ethiopian forces then took Alamata and Korem in the south. [154], According to a report by Ghent University, massacres of civilians continued into March, including around 250 in Humera over the course of three days by unconfirmed perpetrators, and 13 in Grizana by the EDF. 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. 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. [241] On 13 September 2022, the TPLF said Eritrea had taken Sheraro. [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 Oromia, Sidama, and SNNPR regions answered the call and mobilised. [164], On 9 January 2021, Ethiopian TV reported that 300 refugees in Hitsats camp were executed by the TPLF. 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WHO boss Dr Tedros denies supporting Tigray leaders. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that there had been acts of ethnic cleansing in Tigray. Disturbing reports have continued to emerge of widespread abuse of civilians in Ethiopia's Tigray region, nearly six months since conflict erupted, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. People in the resource-rich North Kivu province have lived through . 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. And after a monthslong cease fire, the Tigray People's Liberation Front says the Ethiopian government. (AAP Image/James Ross), 17 January 2023, Berlin: Activists walk the catwalk at a performance disguised as an Adidas show during Berlin Fashion Week. [372][373], Researchers found that groups use tactics such as "copy and paste" campaigns hosted on websites, which include instructions for opening new accounts, copying and pasting pre-written tweets, and tagging influencers. Military attacks are once again punctuating the ongoing crisis in Ethiopia. [309] During the conflict, many Tigrayans were profiled both professionally and socially, with many fired or called names when out in public as a result of the conflict, such as Tigrayan military members having their weapons confiscated or dismissed from duty. [64] During the ceasefire, both Ethiopia and the TPLF agreed to have talks about an official end to the war. [354] On 29 October, UNICEF reported that around 29.7 million people in Ethiopia were in need of humanitarian assistance. The Ethiopian army announced that it had thwarted an attempt by elements allied with Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) to infiltrate Sudan's territory to the GERD site to disrupt its construction. "[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. [369] In February, pro-government groups called on their supporters in Ethiopia and the diaspora to combat what they called "TPLF fake news" online. 3 UN guards and 23 aid workers killed[40] While in Enderta, Abi Adi and Shire, GOAL and IRC reported that 16.6% of children screened had acute malnutrition with 3.5% suffering from severe acute malnutrition. One Amhara law enforcement official described this as a way to maintain "law and order" and "get rid of outside enemies. [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. This is why Abiy Ahmed, a man of mixed Oromo-Amharic parentage won favour with the two majority communities and came to power in 2018. 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. "There is an outgoing confusion in the social media on the participation of the government of South Sudan in one way or the other supplying arms to the Ethiopian rebels," Makuei said. Abiy kicked off a military campaign in the Tigray region, known as Operation Law enforcement, andpromised to swiftly defeat the TPLF fighters. [363], Since then, the area has been under the de facto control of Amhara regional authorities. [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. "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 State of Emergency Taskforce stated that the Tigrayan peacekeepers were returned to Ethiopia because of "infiltration of TPLF elements in various entities. [181], On 6 July 2021, the Tigrayan government mobilised to retake western Tigray from Amhara forces. [155] The TDF also began to dig into their positions in rural Tigray,[156] marking the start of a guerrilla campaign against Ethiopian-allied forces from the mountains. Rebels surveyed the wreckage of a military plane downed by their forces south of Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. [348] According to the World Food Programme, while international aid had technically been allowed into the region during the 2022 ceasefire, in practice, very little aid was reaching the people that needed it most, largely due to fuel not being made available in these area. [298][299][300][301] According to the EU's special envoy to Ethiopia, Pekka Haavisto, senior members of the Ethiopian government called for "wip[ing] out" all Tigrayans for 100 years. In late2019,Abiy disbanded the EPRDF coalition governmentand moved to create thenew Prosperity Party (PP). At the end of the day, Ethiopia is avoiding becoming a client State of any nation and is maintaining its strategic autonomy. [64] However, fighting dramatically re-escalated in late August 2022, after peace talks broke down. He accused the rebels of attacking. [251] Three days later, a second airstrike hit Adi Dairo, killing between 50 and 65 people according to aid workers in the town. What do American soldiers, who he used as pawns think about him? This is why Abiy Ahmed, a man of. For them, Obama was the God of freedoms and humanity and they continue to push that belief down our throats even today. In fact, many of the Caracal International products are in service with a special Ethiopian force called the Republican Guard (RG), which is tasked with defending Ethiopian officials and key buildings. Their control has been marked by reports of ethnically motivated violence and forced displacement. [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. [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. [385], Several proposals for peace negotiations and mediation were made involving some of the main groups involved in the war. Shortly after hearing news of the TDF advance, the Ethiopian government declared an immediate unilateral ceasefire across the Tigray Region. 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. Tigray rebels start handing over heavy weapons. "[381], The media restrictions resulted in what has been described as an "information blackout. The Tigray region has been at the epicenter of an ethnic civil war for nearly a year now. Therefore, Arab nations and Iran want to shore up their influence in Ethiopia in order to gain an advantage in the conflict-ridden nation. 41 other refugees interviewed have also described attacks, looting, and threats by Amhara forces. Four other regional governments also made a call to arms. "[54][55] Federal allied forces captured Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray Region, on 28 November, after which Abiy declared the operation "over. [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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Please enter your username or email address to reset your password. [66] On 12 November, both parties signed a deal to allow humanitarian aid into Tigray. 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