However it may be harder for Abiy to deal with Che Guevara-esque leader Kumsa Diriba aka 'Jaal Maarroo' and his dreadlocked followers than with negotiators led by Getachew Reda the TPLF's interim boss...
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Reports in Addis this week suggest that Getachew Reda former spokesman for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) could lead a new interim administration in Tigray (AC Vol 64 No 1 A fragile truce with many foes)...
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The Tigray delegation is being led by one of its top generals Tsadkan Gebretensae and spokesman Getachew Reda and were accompanied by Mike Hammer...
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After two weeks of clashes the US regional envoy Mike Hammer was bringing together federal and Tigray representatives including spokesman Getachew Reda in Djibouti to try and agree a new truce...
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Debretsion's colleague Getachew Reda was less diplomatic; he posted a barbed tweet claiming the Eritrean leader's 'pharaonic ambition in the Horn of Africa is decidedly unravelling...
TPLF spokesman Getachew Reda has said its forces might march on the capital...
A further official statement on 18 October by Tigray spokesperson Getachew Reda claimed that the ENDF had collapsed entirely and no longer existed as an organised force...
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In fact there is no difference on their core political aims but Gen Tsadkan's camp sees the shrill and belligerent language used by Debretsion's spin doctor Getachew Reda as counter-productive...
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TPLF spokesperson Getachew Reda immediately denounced the appointment saying it would be 'naive to expect this mission to work' because of the AU's inherent bias towards Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (AC Vol 62 No 15 No good options on the table)...
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TDF spokesman Getachew Reda dismissed the ceasefire offer demanding a full withdrawal of Eritrean troops and Amhara regional forces from Tigray before it would talk about a ceasefire...