Debretsion's colleague Getachew Reda was less diplomatic; he posted a barbed tweet claiming the Eritrean leader's 'pharaonic ambition in the Horn of Africa is decidedly unravelling...
TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda has said its forces might march on the capital...
A further official statement on 18 October by Tigray spokesperson Getachew Reda claimed that the ENDF had collapsed entirely and no longer existed as an organised force...
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In fact there is no difference on their core political aims but Gen Tsadkan's camp sees the shrill and belligerent language used by Debretsion's spin doctor Getachew Reda as counter-productive...
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TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda immediately denounced the appointment saying it would be 'naive to expect this mission to work' because of the AU's inherent bias towards Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (AC Vol 62 No 15 No good options on the table)...
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TDF spokesman Getachew Reda dismissed the ceasefire offer demanding a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and Amhara regional forces from Tigray before it would talk about a ceasefire...
Tigrayan spokesman Getachew Reda confirmed there has been fresh fighting over the weekend insisting the TDF wanted only to weaken federal forces not take territory...
Tigray's spokesman Getachew Reda is playing up the Eritrean role demanding the immediate exit of their officials and intelligence agents from Ethiopia...
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Getachew Reda spokesman for the TDF says it will not reciprocate with its own ceasefire declaration until Eritrean troops withdraw north of the border and fighters from the Amhara ethnic militias have left the western part of Tigray region bordering Sudan...
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' This was assumed to be aimed at the loquacious Getachew Reda a critical TPLF politburo member who has also been mulling a book (AC Vol 57 No 24 New faces old tactics)...
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A positive sign was the promotion of capable figures such as the former Communications Minister Getachew Reda and the current Finance Minister Abraham Tekeste to the TPLF's Executive Committee yet it is hard to see how they or any other party leaders will achieve fundamental reform (AC Vol 58 No 15 Reforms stall as unrest eases)...