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02.10.26 - 12:06
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War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss (ZeroHedge)
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War Returns To Ethiopia As The Horn Edges Closer To Abyss
Authored by Joseph Solis-Mullen via The Libertarian Institute
Barely four years after the Pretoria Agreement formally ended one of the deadliest wars of the twenty-first century, serious fighting has returned to northern Ethiopia. As we begin October, Tigrayan forces have seized the airports at Mekelle, Aksum, and Shire, launched coordinated attacks into neighboring Afar and Amhara regions, and declared themselves once again in a state of full-blown war with the federal government in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian military responded with drone strikes, artillery, and claims to have killed or captured hundreds of attackers. Flights were suspended, telecommunications disrupted, and civilians in Tigray began stocking food and cash in anticipation of another blockade.
In March of this year I warned in these pages that "the Horn of Africa is ready to explode" -pointing to unresolved territorial disputes, incomplete implementation of th...
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