TPLF shocks Ethiopian gov. with decisive military win. UNSC calls for ceasefire

Hi Guys, I think you are missing the major element in your analysis and that is how the Tigre fighters were armed and why now did they choose to rise up at this time? My answer is water. It is always water and when Tigre as a province which borders South Sudan on the Blue Nile river and the new Great Renaissance dam on the border of Ethiopia and South Sudan has started to fill and will take approximately three years to fill it up and will greatly effect the water flow to downstream users such as Sudan and Egypt,… Read more »

hello Alexander, I have a lot of respect for your work and analysis but in this case I cannot remain silent because your analysis is much too external, non Ethiopian, one-sided and pro TPLF. The minute you only post articles by De Waal and Aljazeera on the subject, your analysis becomes unbalanced and looses a lot of credibility, De Waal being a notorious TPLF spokesperson in the West. Facts on the ground indicate that: -the Ethiopian army, realising that it was not wanted in many parts of Tigray started withdrawing troops and equipments more than a month ago, thereby creating… Read more »