The Tigray conflict is an ongoing armed conflict that began in November 2020. The conflict stemmed from the attempt of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to distance the country’s politics from ethnic federalism. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a military and politically powerful entity that had dominated Ethiopia during those 30 years, refused to join the new party.
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The Tigray conflict is an ongoing armed conflict that began in November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. The conflict stemmed from the attempt of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to distance the country’s politics from ethnic federalism. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front, a military and politically powerful entity that had dominated Ethiopia during those 30 years, refused to join the new party. The TPLF, led by Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael, went ahead with regional elections in Tigray in September 2020 in defiance of the federal government, which declared the election illegal. The situation escalated to violence on 4 November with an alleged attack on the Northern Command Headquarters of the Ethiopian National Defense Force. Rocket attacks have spilled over into the neighbouring Amhara Region and country of Eritrea.
The federal forces claimed to have captured the Tigraysan capital of Mekelle on 28 November, following which Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed declared the operation ‘over’ The T PLF has said they will continue fighting. The warming of relations between AbiyAhmed and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki was also considered to have fuelled the tension. The 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia states in Article 39.1, ‘Every Nation, Nationality and People in Ethiopia has an unconditional right to self-determination, including the right to secession.’ In late September 2020, the Prime Minister of the House of Representatives, HoF, stated that the constitutional term limit of the HoF was 5 October 2020, and that for this reason, it would consider replacing the incumbent government as technocratic.
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