Ethiopian Rebels Have Little to Show for Two Years of Civil War
- Talks on disarmament get under way in Kenya’s capital
- Conflict has claimed thousands of lives, caused massive damage
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A party that overshadowed Ethiopian politics for almost three decades is now a spent force after waging a two-year war against the federal government and then signing a peace deal that requires it to disarm.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front led a rebel alliance that toppled Ethiopia’s Marxist military rulers in 1991 and dominated the national government until it was sidelined by newly installed Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in 2018. It continued to rule the northern Tigray region, and a succession of disagreements with the national authorities culminated in the conflict that claimed thousands of lives before the African Union brokered a cease-fire last week.