“My partner and comrade in peace,” Abiy called him in Oslo. Crowds thronged the streets when Isaias visited the ancient Amhara city of Gondar in November 2018, chanting, “Isaias, Isaias, Isaias!”Later, a troupe of Eritrean singers and dancers visited Amhara. Ethiopian military cargo planes began to make clandestine flights at night to bases in Eritrea, says a senior Ethiopian official. Ahmed wins the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 (Getty)Abiy’s top aides and military officials privately debated the merits of a war in Tigray, the former official says. The next evening, Tigrayan forces attacked an Ethiopian military base, calling it a pre-emptive strike.

Source: Ethiopian News December 18, 2021 11:55 UTC