It is the beginning of the end insisted Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 17 November as federal forces started marching on Mekelle the regional capital of Tigray...
TPLF leader and regional President Debretsion Gebremichael called for mediation on 14 November urging the UN and AU to engage: 'Abiy Ahmed is waging this war on the people of Tigray and is responsible for the purposeful infliction of human suffering...
Setback for regional standing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's involvement in negotiations over Sudan's transitional government and bringing Somalia into the mooted Horn of Africa Cooperation body had promised to boost Ethiopia's status in the region but the Tigray conflict puts these initiatives at risk...