Is Ethiopia Moving Towards Peace?

Nation Nyoka Uncertainty persists as the strife-torn East African country stumbles towards a fragile accord between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the north and the federal government. Ethiopians are hopeful that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali’s moves to reconcile the war-torn country will bring about peace. But many feel uncertain about his post-conflict stance,…

The Deadly, Destructive Costs of Ethiopia’s Illusory Independence

Mark P. Fancher Map of European Presence in the Horn of Africa The mythology of Ethiopian independence is an impediment to understanding the current situation. Ethiopia did not escape European intervention, and that history impacts the present day. As the world prayed for peace during the Christmas season, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front proposed a…

Neocolonialism Haunts the Horn of Africa

M.K. Bhadrakumar Ethiopian troops vanquish US-backed Tigray rebels (File photo) Chinese foreign ministers have traditionally marked the new year by visiting the African continent. Wang Yi’s 2022 African tour begins with Eritrea against the backdrop of the US strategy in the Horn of Africa to gain control of the strategically vital Red Sea that connects Indian Ocean…

Using and Abusing Djibouti: How the US Transformed a Tiny African State into a Hub of Imperial Aggression

TJ COLES U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors with the Vermont Army National Guard travelled to Djibouti to teach a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course to service members from France’s 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) at the Arta Range Complex, Dec. 12-16, 2021 (US Army photo) “> From Djibouti, the US trains proxies…

Ethiopia: A Call to National Consensus to End Ethnic-Identity Politics

Lemma Desta Ethnic Map of Ethiopia (source : QZ). Note that there are changes to the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region due to two referendums since Abiy Ahmed took power in 2018. Now that TPLF and its attempt to use violence to return to the helm of state power is put out effectively, a…

Ethiopia: ‘TPLF’s Regime Was Throughout Supported by US, EU Financially, Militarily, and Politically’

Why have the western powers supported TPLF all this time? What has been the history of TPLF’s rise and fall from power in the country? Elias Amare, editor of Horn of Africa TV, explains. Throughout its regime, and even now during the current civil war in Ethiopia, the TPLF has enjoyed support from the United…

US-Backed TPLF Seeks Protection from UN after Military Defeat

Pavan Kulkarni With the support of Amharan and Afar militias, the Ethiopian federal army, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed recaptured towns from the TPLF, forcing them to surrender. Photo: Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Government Communication Service With federal government forces cornering the TPLF back into Tigray state, the TPLF has called for peace…

TPLF Announces Retreat. What Lies Ahead for Ethiopia?

Elias Amare, editor of Horn of Africa TV, explains the situation in Ethiopia in light of the declaration by the TPLF that they are withdrawing to Tigray. He analyzes the situation over the past few months that led to this moment. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has announced that it will withdraw its forces to…

Ethiopia: ‘UN WFP and USAID Have Been Using Humanitarian Crisis to Prepare Grounds for Western Intervention’

Pavan Kulkarni People participate in a rally to condemn the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and Western intervention in the internal affairs of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dec. 5, 2021. Photo: Xinhua/Wang Ping Horn of Africa TV’s editor, Elias Amare, talks to Peoples Dispatch on the latest military developments in Ethiopia, the setbacks faced…

“Every Option is On the Table”: US Prepping for Libya-Style Intervention in Ethiopia

Alan Macleod ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Amid a bloody civil conflict and increasing great-power competition between the United States and China, there are a number of alarming signs that Ethiopia will become the next Libya – an African nation where the U.S. intervenes militarily under the pretext of stopping an impending genocide. A considerable military…

Biden Deploys National Guard as Government Hawks and Corporate Media Play Up Ethiopian Atrocities in Tigray

Ann Garrison and Ann Fitz-Gerald Twelve days after a Bloomberg Nov. 11 Headline proclaimed that “Ethiopia’s Civil War Is a Problem That U.S. Troops Can Help Solve,” President Joe Biden announced the Deployment of 1,000 National Guard Troops to the Ethiopian border—as if he had learned nothing from the U.S.’s disastrous 75-year history of military…

Ethiopans March Against TPLF and US Intervention in Their Country

Thousands of Tigrayans residing in Addis Ababa held a rally in support of the federal government and against the US-backed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Demonstrators raised the slogan, “Tigrayans and the TPLF are not the same” and called on the Ethiopian gov’t to liberate Tigray from the TPLF. Globally, resistance to US intervention is…