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Tigrayan leader Debretsion Gebremichael's offer of a 'strategic withdrawal' from the Afar and Amhara regions could lay the ground for a ceasefire in Ethiopia's 13-month civil war...
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For now the onus is on a few individuals such as Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo who as the AU's Special Envoy was cleared by Addis to fly to the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle to meet TPLF President Debretsion Gebremichael on 7 November...
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On 7 November Obasanjo travelled to Tigray to meet Debretsion Gebremichael Chairman of the TPLF who described the talks as 'highly constructive'...
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Some in Abiy's government had been predicting a split in the Tigray leadership between regional and TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael and TDF commanders led by General Tsadkan Gebretensae...
TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael and his colleagues still back a federal structure but he has warned that the war had persuaded more Tigrayans to back secession...
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Vol 62 No 3 |
- AFRICAN UNION
Over the weekend (30-31 January) audio recordings were released claiming to be from ousted President of Tigray Debretsion Gebremichael in which he vowed 'extended resistance' and accused the federal forces of raping and looting in the region...
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TPLF leader and regional President Debretsion Gebremichael called for mediation on 14 November urging the UN and AU to engage: 'Abiy Ahmed is waging this war on the people of Tigray and is responsible for the purposeful infliction of human suffering...
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Tigray's President Debretsion Gebremichael told Africa Confidential on 7 November that now 'there is no Northern Command' meaning it is now under Tigray's control...
Vol 61 No 10 |
- ERITREA
- ETHIOPIA
TPLF chairman Debretsion Gebremichael has publicly maintained the pre-Abiy political line of hostility towards President Issayas...
Just hours before the putsch on 22 June Debretsion Gebremichael acting Premier of Tigray region warned that any delays to elections next year would create political ructions...