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...
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...