Tigray government President Debretsion Gebremichael last month emphasised the need for unity but the TPLF faces internal opposition from those favouring independence for Tigray and others prepared to cooperate with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in an interim administration (AC Vol 63 No 22 Addis Ababa and Tigray sign an uneasy truce)...

Tigray president Debretsion Gebremichael on 3 December referred to continued killings of civilians and cattle and of looting in Shire and other towns saying 'Eritrea is creating a problem'...

TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael says that African Union envoy Olusegun Obasanjo is too close to the federal government and that Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta should mediate the talks which they add should be held in Kenya...

Three days later Tigray's leader Debretsion Gebremichael said Eritrean forces were plotting another military offensive and also accused the Asmara government of using starvation to crush the province...

The truce has yet to be extended into a ceasefire though Abiy and President Debretsion Gebremichael in Mekelle have spoken on the telephone and military commanders have discussed prisoner exchanges...

That was reflected in a message to Hassan Sheikh from Debretsion Gebremichael leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) saying he was looking forward to working with him on regional security...

The President of Tigray Debretsion Gebremichael has outlined minimum conditions for a negotiated settlement under which the Tigray Defence Forces would remain intact Tigray would keep its previous borders and its future be decided through a referendum for the region...

There was a brief hiatus after 19 December when Debretsion Gebremichael leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced Tigray's forces were withdrawing to their home region to create space for negotiations on a ceasefire (Dispatches 20/12/21 Tigrayan offer to withdraw opens door to a ceasefire as UN Security Council debates humanitarian crisis)...