Under Tsadkan's leadership, the TPLF recruited and trained new combatants en masseNairobi (AFP) – Sidelined after a decade leading Ethiopia's army, General Tsadkan Gebre-Tensae did not expect to don his uniform after retirement. But when war erupted in Tigray, the renowned military strategist was back, ready to fight the army he had once commanded. Thirty years earlier in 1991, Tsadkan led the TPLF's march on Addis Ababa, part of a coalition that ousted the autocrat Mengistu Hailemariam. 'Trained on the job'Born into a peasant family, nothing predisposed Tsadkan for a military career. He made reforms focused in particular on recruitment and training," said Prunier, who has known Tsadkan for over two decades.

Source: Ethiopian News December 11, 2021 00:27 UTC