“The Federal Government had every right to deploy Federal Security Forces and use force in order to apprehend those implicated in massive corruption and gross human rights violation”. He clarified this, on November 12, by stating: The aim, according to him, was to ensure law and order by bringing those responsible for the attack to justice. The TPLF refused to join, leaving Tigray as unrepresented in the current Government.Ībiy Ahmed justified the present ‘military operation’ in Tigray as a response to the TPLF’s attack of November 4 on the Federal Government’s Northern Defense Forces which was stationed on the border of Tigray facing Eritrea. Ahmed changed the ruling method used previously by EPRDF by his own political party, known as the Prosperity Party.
Thereafter, Ethiopia was led by a new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali (hereafter referred to as Abiy, Abiy Ahmed or Mr.
This front had also occupied a dominant position in the Federal Government led by the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), from 1991 until 2018. Leaving history behind, from 1991 until the end of November 2020, when Ethiopian Federal troops occupied the capital of Tigray, Mekelle, this State was ruled by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). It was this Axumite power, and the common interest to defend Christianity, which made the kings of Axum and the Roman Emperors, such as, Constantine and Justinian, allies against Persia. Its army not only subdued Arabia Felix, across the Red Sea, but would even march all the way north to the frontiers of Egypt, when necessary. Prior to the expansion of Islam, the Christian Kingdom of Axum was one of the four great powers of the world. Their territory has deep history, and considered by the inhabitants as the sacred ground of their ancestors, better known as the Axumites. Tigrayans are also, more or less, united by a common language (Tigrigna), culture, tradition and psychological make-up, very much like most European nations. Around 97% of Tigrayans are adherents of Coptic Christian Orthodox religion. It is surrounded by Eritrea to the north, Sudan to the west, and the Ethiopian states of Amhara and Afar to the south and east, respectively. Tigray is one of the eight states of Ethiopia. This study shines a light on the nature of this war, how it is perceived by others, and what the challenges facing the United Nations are. Unfortunately, the political response, especially from the Security Council, has so far been disappointing. UN offices and officials have highlighted the magnitude of this crisis time and again. Many fear that a genocide is already underway, probably on an even larger scale than that seen in Rwanda in 1994, since Tigray has been deliberately cut off from the outside world for more than one hundred days.
The response of the Ethiopian Government has not been encouraging. UN representatives, aid agencies and states have repeatedly urged the Government of Ethiopia to restore the supply of electricity and other public services and to establish a humanitarian corridor for the delivery of aid. According to the United Nations the lives of 4.5 million Tigrayans (Tegaru) are already endangered by the war and the dislocation it has caused. The war in Tigray and the consequent humanitarian catastrophe are being closely followed by prominent global news outlets.
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