{"id":811,"date":"2021-07-04T18:29:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T18:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hagerwodad.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2021-07-26T17:17:03","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:17:03","slug":"the-crises-in-tigray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hagerwodad.com\/?p=811","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cCrises\u201d in Tigray"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"811\" class=\"elementor elementor-811\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-687f3f6f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"687f3f6f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-43fac507\" data-id=\"43fac507\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749be8b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"749be8b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>July 4, 2021<\/p>\n<p class=\"title\" data-reader-unique-id=\"titleElement\"><strong>The \u201cCrises\u201d in Tigray \u2013 Hager Wodad Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Rebels\u00a0<em>capturing\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Tigray after the ENDF and Eritrean forces evacuated the region is what\u2019s been reported. It is not certain that the TPLF entering Mekele creates a lull in the fighting in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Parading prisoners of war through Mekele only maybe \u00a0the TPLF\u2019s need to lift local morale and an attempt to overcome the horrific humiliation and demise of most of the TPLF leaders in the first three weeks in November 2020. God knows Mekele\u2019s psyche, the TPLF\u2019s army and the noisy Tigrean diaspora supporters need these displays.<\/p>\n\n<p>The immediate horror projected by foreign powers and PM Abiy\u2019s internal critics not withstanding, we can\u2019t predict with certainty the eventual outcome nor \u00a0learn even with the best prediction where the current situation will lead \u00a0\u2026but we hope we will have a chance to see developments after the rainy season and decide whether it\u2019s more of a lull or a \u201cturning point in the war\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>The decision the Ethiopian government to pull out troops and spare Ethiopian lives can\u2019t be bad either.<\/p>\n<p>It is reasonable to think of it as \u201ca strategic move\u201d. This can\u2019t be foreseen, even as some know-it-all experts and \u00a0critics attempt to do ..only time will tell.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>PM Abiy\u2019s transitional Administrator appointees in Mekele shouldn\u2019t be targets of sleeper cells of TPLF assassins\u2026(it\u2019s reported 25 or more in Mekele were assassinated and the killing still continues there \u00a0and elsewhere in Tigray even as \u00a0Mr. Debresion \u00a0claims he \u00a0has taken charge ).<\/p>\n<p>The withdrawal and pause indeed maybe in the best interest of the PM Abiy\u2019s government and the nation.<\/p>\n\n<p>The international dogs of war don\u2019t like the sieze fire and are already hyping a \u201cregional war\u201d, \u201ca failed state\u201d..etc, \u00a0even after 40 million plus Ethiopians went out to elect their leaders on June 21, 2021 in full view of the world.<\/p>\n\n<p>Head of African Union\u2019s observer mission praised the elections. Talk about the western media raining on the Ethiopian people parades and sucking the oxygen out of the modest of success in the election process.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopians made a timely and impressive small step at a free and fair election.<\/p>\n\n<p>Yesterday\u2019s West accusation and blaming of PM Abiy\u2019s government for cutting off electricity, phone lines , hospital generators\u2026etc\u2026 and other charges after all the ENDF and Eritrean forces have pulled out of Tigray is an unfair judgement and shows lack of appreciation for seize fire and peace in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n<p>The big powers have been conjuring up \u201cdevastating impact\u201d \u201chorror\u201d \u201cworsening\u201d situation\u2026.and<strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>order<\/em><\/span><\/strong> Addis Ababa to ensure security in Tigray\u2026.\u00a0In the mean time\u2026Al Sissi must be cracking a smile or two these days thinking the second fill the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam\u2019 (GERD) will be forgotten.\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 4, 2021 The \u201cCrises\u201d in Tigray \u2013 Hager Wodad Los Angeles Rebels\u00a0capturing\u00a0\u00a0Tigray after the ENDF and Eritrean forces evacuated the region is what\u2019s been reported. It is not certain that the TPLF entering Mekele creates a lull in the fighting in the coming months.\u00a0 Parading prisoners of war through Mekele only maybe \u00a0the TPLF\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hagerwodad.com\/?p=811\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The \u201cCrises\u201d in Tigray<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2561,"url":"https:\/\/hagerwodad.com\/?p=2561","url_meta":{"origin":811,"position":0},"title":"What\u2019s Next on  TPLF\u2019s War in Ethiopia?","author":"Tentag","date":"December 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Since PM Abiy announced and joined to lead the war on November 23 against the TPLF, \u00a0the war \u00a0is turning in\u00a0favor of\u00a0Ethiopia and no doubt against the TPLF . \u00a0The\u00a0TPLF\u2019s loss in the last couple of weeks has been the biggest since\u00a0the ENDF push back began. 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