Tigray Party Restores Pre-War Government in Threat to Northern Ethiopia ...

TPLF move to restore leadership raises tensions in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Political parties and analysts in Ethiopia are now deeming it illegal for the leader of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) to serve as the head of the local parliament.

Ethiopia: Tigray Leadership Crisis Threatens Return to Conflict

The Tigray regional council has reinstated its pre-war leadership, according to the proscribed Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), whose chairman has assumed the role presidency in defiance of the federal government's decision to extend the mandate of the Tigray Interim Administration (TIA) by one year.

Tigray party restores pre-war government in threat to northern Ethiopia peace

May 5 - Tigray's main political party reasserted control over the northern Ethiopian region's political administration on Tuesday, following through on a threat to violate a key provision of the deal that ended a civil war with the federal government. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Tigray party restores pre-war government in threat to northern Ethiopia ...

TPLF reconstitutes pre-war regional council, elects Debretsion President

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front reconstituted its dissolved pre-war regional council and elected chairman Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president, Tigray TV reported. The council, dissolved under the 2022 Pretoria Agreement between the federal government and the TPLF, has resumed work after nearly three and a half years, citing alleged violations of the deal by the central government. This comes amid reports of shifting alliances invo…

ETHIOPIA: TPLF Restores Pre-War Council, Challenging Federal Authority

ADDIS ABABA – Stability in northern Ethiopia hung in the balance Tuesday after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) re-established its pre-war legislative council and elected Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president, defying the federal government’s interim administrative structure. The move is seen as a direct challenge to the Pretoria peace deal that ended the 2020–2022 civil war. The TPLF accused the federal government of withhold…