Reports that factions involved in Ethiopia's Tigray conflict are readying themselves to fight again raise concerns that the country's fragile truce may shatter. Observers of Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have seen encouraging signs of peace in the past few months. The truce announced by Ethiopia's federal government is still holding nearly two months after it was announced. Recently, researchers estimated that as many as 500,000 thousand people may have died in the Tigray conflict. Social scientist Demelash Mengistu, a lecturer at Ethiopia's Jimma University, lists three reasons why he believe the TPLF and the federal government will break the truce.

Source: Ethiopian News May 21, 2022 09:55 UTC