Ethiopia
Redwan Hussein, the voice of Addis during Tigray conflict

Redwan Hussein was appointed as the spokesman for the Ethiopian army's intervention force in Tigray in early November
Redwan Hussein was appointed as the spokesman for the Ethiopian army's intervention force in Tigray in early November © Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
The central government's state of emergency spokesman is a defector from the former administration dominated by Tigray officials who is well versed in crisis propaganda. [...]
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has for weeks been working on reconciliation with Eritrea in an effort to break the Cairo-Asmara-Abu Dhabi axis. It was fear of having to pay the price for this rapprochement that leaders of the Tigray People's Liberation Front - who have repeatedly clashed with Eritrea - rebelled against the Ethiopian federal army last week.

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