Berhanu argued that the TPLF had illegally incorporated the famously fertile land into Tigray after it came to power in the early 1990s. Now reunited with his wife and four children, Berhanu is back to agitating for the transfer of Alamata and its surroundings to Ethiopia's Amhara region, which borders Tigray to the south. Some newly-installed officials make clear they want nothing to do with Tigray, raising the possibility of future conflict over the land. The Amhara region's president, Agegnehu Teshager, has said Amhara security forces did not get involved in the conflict to reclaim land. There are also some activists who believe Raya should become its own region, belonging to neither Tigray nor Amhara.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2020 05:15 UTC