It dashes hopes of a peace deal between the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front ( tplf ), which runs Tigray, and Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister. The needless conflict, which pits the tplf ’s self-styled Tigray Defence Force ( tdf ) against Ethiopian federal forces backed by allied militias and Eritrean troops, has taken thousands of lives since a five-month truce ended in August. Yet it is clear that Eritrean troops are fighting alongside Ethiopian ones in several places. Eritrean troops have captured Sheraro, though Tigrayan sources say they are planning a counter-attack. Yet even without the thousands of conscripts being sent from Eritrea by Issaias, Ethiopia has no shortage of potential troops.

Source: Ethiopian News October 06, 2022 19:15 UTC