Vol 66 No 19 | 
            - ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
	     After the peace deal  Abiy handed control of the region to senior TPLF figure Getachew Reda  who led the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 66 No 15 | 
            - ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
	     At the forefront was a senior TPLF figure Getachew Reda  the head of a Tigray Interim Regional Administration governing at Abiy's invitation...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     A prominent alternative voice is Getachew Reda  a former TPLF politburo member and spokesman for the Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) during the war...
 In doing so  space opens for alternative Tigrayan figures like Getachew Reda to rise  advancing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's broader project to refashion Ethiopian politics...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The latest hostilities started on 10 March after Tigray's interim president Getachew Reda suspended three regional commanders in the Tigray Defence Force (TDF)  accusing them of planning to overthrow his administration...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The agreement was negotiated by a small group of senior political and military officials  headed by TPLF deputy chairman Getachew Reda...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Getachew Reda  President of the interim authority in Tigray  says that over 90% of people in the region are at risk of starvation or death  and has called on the federal government to help...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The sceptics include Getachew Reda  a TPLF politburo member who the party's Central Committee elected president of the interim regional government on 23 March and General Tadesse Werede  former commander-in-chief of Tigray's military and now a deputy to Getachew in the government  although not a TPLF member...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Amhara activists distrust the federal authorities' reconciliation with TPLF leaders such as Getachew Reda  the newly-appointed interim regional president of Tigray...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     However  it may be harder for Abiy to deal with Che Guevara-esque leader Kumsa Diriba  aka 'Jaal Maarroo'  and his dreadlocked followers than with negotiators led by Getachew Reda  the TPLF's interim boss...
	 
    
    
    
			
        
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	     Reports in Addis this week suggest that Getachew Reda  former spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)  could lead a new interim administration in Tigray (AC Vol 64 No 1  A fragile truce with many foes)...
	 
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