Two views, first from Ethiopia Insight. Old habits die hard July 4, 2019 by Hone Mandefro Over the last three…
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Tag: TPLF
Power shift creates new tensions and Tigrayan fears in Ethiopia
“Shaking up Ethiopia’s government risks exacerbating several long-simmering ethnic rivalries” Source: James Jeffrey/IRIN MEKELLE/ETHIOPIA, 14 February 2019 “Ethnic tensions…
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A Race to the Bottom: Ethiopia’s Accelerating Crisis
Source: Transformation index, BTI January 05, 2018 / Awol Kassim Allo An economy in free fall, ever-deepening repression, a deteriorating…
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TPLF hegemony has ended, but EPRDF power struggle is just beginning
January 9, 2019 by Mastewal Dessalew When regional powers battled for control of the kingdom in the 18th and 19th…
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The Polemics and Politics of Ethiopia’ s Disintegration
Source: Insamer Social Research Center December 31, 2018 This interesting paper looks at the pressures toward fragmentation and secession in…
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The smouldering resentment between Eritrea and Tigray explained
Eritrea and Ethiopia have now, finally, made peace. There is no such resolution between the ruling parties on both sides…
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Full statement of TPLF on the Eritrea border question and other issues
Ethiopia’s TPLF party vows to fight ‘undemocratic forces’ Source: Fana Broadcasting 13 June 2018 Introduction The TPLF Central Committee [Tigray…
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Ethiopia: TPLF attack Prime Minister Abiy’s reforms and Eritrea peace offer
Source: Addis Standard Etenesh Abera Addis Abeba, June 13/2018– A statement released by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the…
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The Ethiopia famine, the TPLF diverting aid for weapons and British policy
This article looks at allegations that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front diverted a substantial proportion of aid from the victims…
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