TPLF Rebel Spokesperson Admits Igniting Tigray War

“TPLF undertook a preemptive operation to disarm and neutralize the Northern Command – a move we consider a legitimate act of self-defense.” – Getachew Reda BY SUDAN POST Ethiopia’s rebellious Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has admitted that it started the deadly conflict that has approximately killed around 500,000 people and displaced more than two […]

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Why Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict Won’t Turn into a Protracted Insurgency

BY MOHAMMED IBRAHIM SHIRE | TRT WORLD The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has executed a series of coercive steps to provoke a conflict at the local, national and regional level to force international powers to intervene. On November 4, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) launched coordinated attacks on the federal military’s powerful Northern Command […]

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Ethiopia to Replace Tigray Region Leadership

Parliament declared Tigray regional administration as illegal and voted to replace it BY CARA ANNA | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ethiopia moved Saturday to replace the leadership of the country’s defiant northern Tigray region, where deadly clashes between regional and federal government forces are fueling fears the major African power is sliding into civil war. Tigray’s […]

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Ethiopian PM Authorizes Military Offensive After TPLF Attacked Army in Restive Tigray

BY TESFANEWS Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed authorized the National Defense Forces to start a military response against the renegade Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a governing party in the Tigray region after the group launched a surprise attack over the Northern Command from multiple fronts.

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