Tigray Power Struggle Risks Ethiopia-Eritrea War  – Foreign Policy 07:35 

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Tigray Power Struggle Risks Ethiopia-Eritrea War

A rift within the TPLF has renewed the risk of a large interstate conflict.

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By Nosmot Gbadamosi, a multimedia journalist and the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Africa Brief.

Internally displaced persons (IDPs) walks past the Tigrayan flag at the Tshehaye IDPs camp in Shire, Tigray region, on July 16, 2024.
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) walks past the Tigrayan flag at the Tshehaye IDPs camp in Shire, Tigray region, on July 16, 2024.

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March 19, 2025, 7:26 AM

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