Etiopien konflikt 2022
He says the first thing would be to get the fighting to end and make sure aid can be delivered and then gradually explore political options. He is calling for dialogue and a political solution, though has not yet described how that could be achieved. Tigrayans living in the US marched in Washington DC on the first anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Landlocked Ethiopia borders six countries, two of which are already experiencing conflict - South Sudan and Somalia - and one other, Sudan, has just seen a military takeover.
The Ethiopian government has designated the TPLF as a terrorist organisation and the prime minister has vowed to fight on. Mr Abiy came to power in on the back of a wave of protests by members of the Oromo ethnic group. It has troops in the joint African Union-UN mission fighting Islamist militants in Somalia and there are fears they could be withdrawn if they were needed back home. But the Tigrayan forces are still more than km from the city - around the town of Kombolcha.
The federal government has been accused of deliberately preventing aid from reaching Tigray, which it denies. TPLF spokesman Mr Getachew, meanwhile, tweeted that "most 'peace initiatives' are mainly about saving [Prime Minister] Abiy, not about addressing the most critical political challenges in the country". From a US perspective, Ethiopia has long been seen as a reliable ally, especially during the so-called War on Terror.
African and US diplomatic pressure is increasing as what happens in Ethiopia has huge implications for the rest of the region and the wider world. The US issued the evacuation call to its citizens and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced a state of emergency and asked for more military recruits. Die Mehrheit der Opfer waren Frauen und Kinder. A year into the civil war, which has left a humanitarian crisis in its wake, the chorus of outside concern is getting louder.
Aug. 24, - Fighting between Tigray and government forces erupts around the town of Kobo, ending a ceasefire. The TPLF has allied itself with a series of groups also opposed to the government in a new coalition seeking the end of Mr Abiy's premiership. The African Union envoy to the region, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, has spoken about a small "window of opportunity". US and UK citizens have been told to leave Ethiopia "while commercial flights are readily available", in the words of a British minister.
There are concerns that the current fighting could trigger wider violence in this multi-ethnic nation that could even lead to it breaking up. At the root of the conflict is a disagreement between Prime Minister Abiy and the TPLF, which for almost 27 years dominated the whole country, not just Tigray. It was one of a few African countries to join the US' "coalition of the willing". Of course, negotiations to end wars are by their nature between seemingly implacable foes.
One way to get the two sides to sit down together would be for both the US and China, as well as others countries such as Turkey, to act together, the former US diplomat Mr Nagy argues. This deal threatened Turkey's relationship with Egypt, which has its own argument with Ethiopia over a massive dam on the Nile , the report added. It has fought against Islamist militants in Somalia on the frontline of that conflict and offered the US use of its airspace during the Iraq war.
Stable government in Ethiopia has been vital to that relationship. Last month, the Reuters news agency said that Turkey had agreed to sell Ethiopia military drones. In addition, there is evidence of unlawful killings, torture and sexual violence committed by both sides. The concern now is that the conflict is entering a new phase and it will become increasingly difficult for either side to step back.
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But the US envoy to the region, Jeffrey Feltman, has not shied away from criticising the federal government saying that its policies have resulted in mass starvation, and compared it unfavourably to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in reference to the mass expulsion of UN staff. Sept. If millions of people were to flee a heightened conflict, its neighbours would find it difficult to cope. Troops from Eritrea are already fighting in Ethiopia and a prolonged crisis could suck in other neighbours.
Before leaving for his Africa tour, Mr Blinken warned that out-and-out conflict would be "disastrous for the Ethiopian people and also for others in the region". Ethiopia has also purchased Chinese and Iranian weapons, and flights taking off from the United Arab Emirates are being used to transport them, the defence website Oryx reports. He believes that taking the capital is being used as a threat in the same way that a nuclear power might use the possibility of launching its weapons.
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This alarming advice, with echoes of Kabul in August, was issued as a rebel force from the northern Tigray region looked like it could be making a move on the capital, Addis Ababa. The multi-ethnic nature of the city has added to tensions there, with some accusing the authorities of targeting Tigrayans in a series of arrests. Another rebel group allied to the TPLF said they were also getting closer to the capital.
Ethiopia, with a population of million - the second largest on the continent, had been a key, stable Western ally in a volatile region. Im Juni wurden bei einem fünfstündigen Angriff, der mutmaßlich von der Oromo-Befreiungsarmee (Oroma Liberation Army – OLA) verübt wurde, mindestens amharische Zivilpersonen in der Ortschaft Tole (Region West Wellega) getötet. But countries further afield have also been reportedly drawn in.
20, - Tigray forces say troops from neighbouring Eritrea launched a.
There are also fears the fighting could spread across the country. The fighting in the north has forced two million from their homes and many more in need of food aid. The Addis Ababa authorities called on people to register weapons. He said he respected the call for dialogue but then went on to describe the TPLF as "a criminal group".