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Eritrea, Ethiopia
Why Tigray is challenging Abiy

Fearing they will pay the price for the demilitarisation of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Tigray's leaders have put numerous obstacles in the way of the Ethiopian army, pushing the federal government to escalate its action. [...]

Published on 05.11.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Addis uses Norinco's mobile bridges to root out Tigrayan resistance

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Tigray crisis: Kenyatta struggles to convince Abiy to accept regional support

Abiy Ahmed Ali has adamantly rejected any outside help in his confrontation with Tigray's leaders. That hasn't stopped Uhuru Kenyatta trying to establish himself as the leader of a pro-Abiy regional coalition that would put into play AU demands for moderation.

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Ethiopia
Low-cost Chinese drones on display in Addis-Tigray propaganda war

Rebel forces in Tigray province claim that they have been bombed by Emirati combat drones, while Addis Ababa has been releasing images of its own drones, which are observation devices made by China's Zerotech.

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The Zerotech Chinese drones shown by the head of the Ethiopian Air Forces on Ethiopian TV.

Ethiopia
Redwan Hussein, the voice of Addis during Tigray conflict

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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Redwan Hussein was appointed as the spokesman for the Ethiopian army's intervention force in Tigray in early November

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The triggers of Tigray's crisis

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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Besieged by Ethiopian army, Tigray leader asks AU to arbitrate

Breaking news, Monday 9 November 2020, 2:20 p.m. - Worried that they could be attacked by Eritrea to the north and the federal army to the south, Tigray's leaders have appealed for help from the chairman of the pan-African institution, South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.

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Ethiopia
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