According to his family, Abraham’s killers were from Eritrea, a neighbouring country whose troops have been fighting alongside Ethiopian government forces against the recently-ousted rulers of Tigray. Belgian journalists who made a rare trip into Tigray found video footage apparently showing an Eritrean tank loaded with plunder. His government says Tigray’s now-renegade ruling party, the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front ( TPLF ), made fake Eritrean uniforms to spread misinformation. This bitterness may explain the destruction that Eritrean forces have left in their wake. Shortly after the war began in Tigray, Sudanese troops moved into positions that had previously been held by the Ethiopian army.

Source: Ethiopian News December 30, 2020 15:56 UTC