Didn't see a thread on this yet, but since i know people there, and it could have impact on the whole of East Africa (and the EU in a sense), i think this is an important subject.

bbc.com/news/world-africa-54932333

edition.cnn.com/2020/11/16/africa/ethiopia-seized-town-tigray-embroils-eritrea-intl/index.html

nytimes.com/2020/11/15/world/africa/ethiopia-abiy-tigray.html

Mightve missed a thread on this btw, lemme know if i did

Has been coming for a long time, TPLF some c***s

Many criticisms to be made about Abiy, but TPLF literally doesn't recognize the federal government and they launched an attack on a military base of the capital of the Tigray region...

A military offensive by the federal government was definitely warranted, but I hope the conflict doesn't last too long.

Is that bbc article a good summary ?

need non western media articles op

The West hasn't chosen a side (yet) so they're not that biased towards any side in particular.

They do downplay how dangerous Jawar Mohammed is tho.

im not too familiar with ethiopia fill me in

The Dutch articles i read on this matter are actually better than the American ones. The CNN one kinda takes a stance against the federal government it seems

Well that makes sense. If the West is gonna take a side it will definitely be against the Ethiopian federal government, since they're in a dispute about the Nile river with their puppet dictator of Egypt Sisi and Trump already talked about how Egypt may have to bomb Ethiopia.

Is there a clear right and wrong side in this? Genuinely can’t tell from what information I have read.

None of the parties are "good", but TPLF is definitely the agressor in this conflict. And given the dictatorship that they established under Meles, I would choose the current govt over them any time of the week.

Its a loss for the people of Ethopia either way. Really sad tbh.

@Marble

The dictatorship under Meles was terrible, my mom didn't go back to Ethiopia, her home country, for about 20 years due to her political affiliations in the past.

When my mom wanted to buy an Ethiopian flag without the new emblem they added to the flag when the TPLF overthrew Meles in the 90s at a flea market, my family had to step in because they knew that she would get in trouble.

But Meles overthrew Soviet-allied govt and was friendly to US interests, so Obama said that Ethiopia had """free and fair""" elections, despite Meles' party getting 100% of the seats lol.....

There are no "good guys" in Ethiopian politics, it's f***ed.

It's all about tribalism, not even a chance to debate political positions right now.

Sorry to hear that. Even worse than I thought then. Praying for the ppl of Ethopia

'Final' offensive started, Ethiopian pm says

theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/17/ethiopia-pm-tigray-forces-surrender-deadline-passed-strike-mekelle

@starplatinum

oh shyt there was a thread already

This really sucks.

I hope the eu aids in the safety of displaced people

apnews.com/article/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-kenya-0fb8647516d9be83d45fee2f1e4d13ae

Abiy says he controls the Tigray capital now

aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/2/ethiopia-declares-nationwide-state-of-emergency

It has never been more over

The US implementing sanctions on the govt while also stating they oppose TPLF taking over more land

You got anywhere I can keep on this/any decent reporting from the past year?

I'm Eritrean and my mom grew up in Addis