Getachew Reda

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...

The ousted group led by former interim president Getachew Reda accused high-ranking party officials and Tigray Defence Forces (TDF) officers of profiting from rampant illicit gold exploitation dating back to before the Pretoria Agreement that ended the 2020-22 Tigray war (Dispatches 24/10/22 Federal and Tigrayan leaders open talks in South Africa)...

One faction led by Getachew Reda former president of the interim authority in Tigray now aligns with Abiy supporting the rebellion against former TPLF comrades while the TPLF-led regional government in Mekelle flirts with long-time foes from the Eritrean government...

Tsadkan's plan complements efforts led by Getachew Reda the former TPLF leader and interim regional president to broker a compromise with the Demeke Zewdu-led administration in the contested Welkait area (on the Amhara-Tigray border) to facilitate the return of Tigrayan IDPs...

After the peace deal Abiy handed control of the region to senior TPLF figure Getachew Reda who led the Tigray Interim Regional Administration (TIRA)...