Ethiopia in a crisis
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They once ruled Ethiopia; now they are fighting its government article in The New York Times states that the Tigray people once ruled Ethiopia but are now fighting the same government they once controlled. The nation appointed a peace reformer Abiy Ahmed as the prime minister, the clashes began. The people of Tigray have experienced fighters. In the early days, the authors state that the Tigray fought and toppled a Marxist dictator of Ethiopia and assumed control of the country until 2018, where the prime ministerTigrayan leaders. The Prime Minister declared war on the Tigray people. A series of military strikes involving airstrikes targeted the Tigray home region, which is North of Ethiopia. The battle will continue for a long time, and the victims are innocent civilians who will escape to neighboring countries such as Sudan (Walsh et al. 2020). In the long run, the United Nations says the war between the government and the Tigray could lead to genocide.
The article explains that the Nobel Peace Prize was given to Mr. Abiy Ahmed for his reforms in the country when he came into power but did live up to expectations. The prime minister sidelined, prosecuted the Tigrayan leaders for corruption and other cases; thus, they decided to defy his rule. The government’s objective is to topple the recalcitrant Tigrayan leaders, and the government already issued some arrest warrants. With this war ongoing, most Tigrayan people have suffered the consequences. The government has dismissed many Tigrayans from jobs in the national airline, civil service, and security services and sent home some Ethiopian Peace Corps in Somalia of Tigray origin. Travelers will produce national identities to show their ethnicity in airports (Walsh et al., 2020). the citizens hold rallies against the Tigrayan leaders. Most people who speak Tigrinya, the language of Tigray, have been detained by the police. The authors suggest that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the Prime Minister protects him from criticizing his actions.
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Walsh, D. and marks, s., 2020. They once ruled Ethiopia; now, they are fighting its government. The New York Times.