Eritrean troops disguised as Ethiopian military are blocking critical aid in Tigray
Axum, Ethiopia Eritrean troops are operating with total impunity in Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, killing, raping and blocking humanitarian aid to starving populations more than a month after the country’s Nobel Peace Prize winning leader pledged to the international community that they would leave.
A CNN team traveling through Tigray’s central zone witnessed Eritrean soldiers, some disguising themselves in old Ethiopian military uniforms, manning checkpoints, obstructing and occupying critical aid routes, roaming the halls of one of the region’s few operating hospitals and threatening medical staff.
Members of the Amhara Special Forces sit on a truck in Alamata, Ethiopia, on December 11, 2020 [Eduardo Soteras/ AFP]
On November 29 of last year, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of his administration’s military offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the country’s northern Tigray region. This announcement has since proved premature. Tigray’s conflict, and the consequent humanitarian crisis, continues to this day.
The TPLF, an ethno-nationalist front that dominated Ethiopia’s coalition politics for almost three decades before Abiy’s rise to power, was responsible for the onset of the conflict that is devastating the region.
What Ethiopia needs is less ethno-nationalism, not more Ethiopia
On November 29 last year, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of the administration’s military offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the Tigray region. This announcement was premature. The Tigray conflict and the resulting humanitarian crisis continue to this day.
The TPLF, an ethno-nationalist front that dominated Ethiopia’s coalition policy for nearly three decades before Abiy came to power, was responsible for the outbreak of the conflict that is destroying the region.
The conflict began in early November, when the TPLF launched coordinated attacks on the northern command centers of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) across Tigray. In the face of this, the federal government immediately declared a national emergency and launched a widespread counterattack. With the support of militias and police forces from the border regions of Afar and Amhara, ENDF quic
The TPLF, not the Abiy government and its allies, is responsible for the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.
On November 29 of last year, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced the end of his administration’s military offensive against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in the country’s northern Tigray region. This announcement has since proved premature. Tigray’s conflict, and the consequent humanitarian crisis, continues to this day.
The TPLF, an ethno-nationalist front that dominated Ethiopia’s coalition politics for almost three decades before Abiy’s rise to power, was responsible for the onset of the conflict that is devastating the region.
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