Vol 67 No 21 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
A key figure among the ex-TPLF officials now allied with Addis Ababa is Abiy's East Africa Advisor Getachew Reda...
2025 April: TPLF hardliners pushing for a tougher line with the federal government remove Tigray interim President Getachew Reda...
The costs could push Addis Ababa towards consolidating its territorial gains instead by establishing civilian administrations in Mekelle and other captured towns while seeking to marginalise the TPLF politically and giving a growing role to the dissident Tigray Peace Forces and ex-TPLF figures such as Getachew Reda...
Tigray Peace ForcesTigray Peace Forces (TPF) are a splinter force from TDF aligned with the federal government and TPLF dissidents such as former Tigray interim president now based in Addis Ababa Getachew Reda (AC Vol 67 No 15 Getachew Reda – Abiy's unlikely ally)...
TPLF has consolidated its position while the Getachew Reda–Tsadkan Gebretensae camp has been displaced from Mekelle and concentrated in Addis Ababa...
When the Tigray regional authorities were locked in a devastating war with Ethiopia's federal government between 2020 and 2022 Getachew Reda was a senior Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) figure who accused Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of presiding over a genocide...
Former Tigray leader Getachew Reda who now advises Abiy suggests such an agreement between Addis Ababa and Asmara could serve both parties' interests and marginalise the TPLF...
Rather than using the post-Pretoria regulation applied to appoint Getachew Reda Addis Ababa has relied on the wartime provision used to install Mulu Nega in 2020 after capturing Mekelle (AC Vol 61 No 24 Citadel falls but the war goes on & Vol 61 No 25 Abiy's mission in Mekelle)...
Officials believe the Tigray Democratic Solidarity (Simret) party led by former Tigray leader Getachew Reda enjoys significant support among Tigrayan citizens and elites...
Meanwhile the Tigray Peace Forces – formed after Getachew Reda's removal last March as President of the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA) and his move to Addis Ababa where he is now Minister of East African Affairs – are exerting military pressure on Tigray from bases in Afar to the east (AC Vol 66 No 6 Tigray's political fight sounds alarm & Vol 66 No 11 Abiy bans Tigray party risking new war)...
Addis has backed the Tigray Peace Force – a new anti-TPLF splinter group of Tigrayan soldiers aligned with former interim president and TPLF leader Getachew Reda – in Afar...
