Northern Command Archives

Anna Garrison: Notes from Eritrea

May 6, 2022TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY ANN GARRISON | BLACK AGENDA REPORT I had no idea until today that International Workers’ Day is a national holiday in Eritrea. I missed the celebrations because I was rushing to the airport to get from Addis Ababa to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, but today I took a cell phone snap of the banner […]

TPLF Rebel Spokesperson Admits Igniting Tigray War

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

“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 […]

TPLF: A Prisoner of its Own Device

February 11, 2021October 13, 2021TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

“There is no such thing as a cakewalk in war, but if there ever was one, the capture of Mekelle would be it.” – Prof. Al Mariam BY SENNAY ZEMEN When the reformist forces led by Dr. Abiy Ahmed took the helm of political power after chucking the TPLF out of its high handed rule […]

Tigray: Story of a Fall Between Tragedy and Falsehood

February 10, 2021TesfaNews2 Comments

BY ROBERT CROWE | ASSOCIATED MEDIAS * Disinformation is the latest dangerous weapon left in the hands of the Tigray elites and their allies who have not accepted the change of government in Ethiopia led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed. The U.S. magazine “The Week” is the latest victim of this barrage of […]

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

December 2, 2020TesfaNews1 Comment

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 […]

Arrest Warrant Issued for TPLF Members

November 13, 2020TesfaNews6 Comments

BY FBC An arrest warrant has been issued for members of the TPLF Junta for committing treason, according to the Federal Police Commission. In a statement issued yesterday, the Commission said TPLF Junta has committed treason by attacking the North Command of the National Defence Forces located in Tigray regional state.

Ethiopia to Replace Tigray Region Leadership

November 7, 2020November 7, 2020TesfaNews4 Comments

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 […]

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

November 3, 2020December 2, 2022TesfaNews6 Comments

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.