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Yohannes Gedamu

Inserted 2 years ago

“For Ethiopians, the national dialogue is an opportunity to chart a new path for peace, political tolerance, national unity, political and economic equality and a shared Ethiopian destiny. Since November 2020, TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] and OLA [Oromo Liberation Army] demonstrated that they have no interest in getting on such a path, so there is nothing to be gained from including them in the national dialogue. But the exclusion of the TPLF and the OLA from the process should not be seen as a sign that Tigrayans and Oromos will also be excluded from the national dialogue. These groups are crucial members of the Ethiopian nation, and there is no reason to believe the federal government is trying to exclude them from its national dialogue initiative.”

Aljazeera

Ecturer of Political Science at Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, GA, US

27 Jan 2022 7 3

Billene Seyoum

Inserted 2 years ago

“As we have seen in recent weeks, the national defence forces together with allied forces from the Afar region and the Amhara region have made considerable gains in reversing the occupation by TPLF of many Amhara and Afar towns. These gains have been made in very heavy battles that have been undertaken over the past weeks, the most recent being the full clearing of TPLF from North Wollo Zone and liberating its strategic capital Woldiya.”

Reuters

Spokeswoman for the Ethiopian prime minister’s office

21 Dec 2021 6 2

Billene Seyoum

Inserted 2 years ago

“The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] have sustained great losses over the past weeks and hence are claiming 'strategic retreat' to make up for defeat. There are still pockets in the Amhara region in which they remain as well as other fronts they are attempting to open the conflict.”

Aljazeera

Spokeswoman for the Ethiopian prime minister’s office

20 Dec 2021 4 3

Legesse Tulu

Inserted 2 years ago

“In Shewa front, the Mezezo, Molale, Shewa Robit, Rasa and its surroundings have been freed from the terrorist TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front].”

Aljazeera

Ethiopian Government spokesperson

01 Dec 2021 8 2

Adem Kassie Abebe

Inserted 2 years ago

“The recent TPLF offensive has coincided with highly restricted humanitarian access to Tigray, which has left hundreds of thousands of people in the region on the brink of famine. While the joint report has absolved the government of charges of deliberate deprivation of humanitarian access, and the TPLF offensive naturally continues to disrupt aid efforts, the federal government could and should do more to facilitate humanitarian access. Humanitarian needs should always have priority over military maneuvers.”

Foreignpolicy

Program officer at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in the Netherlands

12 Nov 2021 6 3

Ned Price

Inserted 2 years ago

“We believe there is a small window of opening to work with [Olusegun Obasanjo - African Union envoy for the Horn of Africa]. We have engaged with the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] as well.”

Aljazeera

Spokesperson for the United States Department of State

09 Nov 2021 3 3

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Ethiopian government continues to accuse the US of siding with the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front]. This comes in addition to plans to cancel a US-Ethiopia trade agreement that creates thousands of jobs in Ethiopia's industrial parts.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

04 Nov 2021 6 2

Yohannes Woldemariam

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is a new marriage of convenience between at least a faction of the Oromo Liberation Front and the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] because Abiy [Abiy Ahmed] has managed to alienate the Oromo, including some Amhara. And the TPLF is trying to take advantage of this situation, as well as the OLA [Oromo Liberation Army].”

Aljazeera

Analyst specialising in the Horn of Africa

02 Nov 2021 8 2

Jeffrey Feltman

Inserted 2 years ago

“We have consistently condemned the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] expansion of the war outside Tigray and we continue to call on the TPLF to withdraw from Afar and Amhara. The expansion of the war however is as predictable as unacceptable given that the Ethiopian government began cutting off humanitarian relief and commercial access to Tigray in June which continues to these days despite horrifying conditions of reported widespread famine.”

Aljazeera

U.S. special envoy for Horn of Africa

02 Nov 2021 7 4

Yohannes Woldemariam

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is a new marriage of convenience between at least a faction of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] because Abiy [Abiy Ahmed] has managed to alienate the Oromo, including some Amhara. And the TPLF is trying to take advantage of this situation, as well as the OLA [outlawed splinter group of the OLF].”

Aljazeera

US-based academic specialising in the Horn of Africa

02 Nov 2021 9 2

Abiy Ahmed

Inserted 2 years ago

“Our people should march … with any weapon and resources they have to defend, repulse and bury the terrorist TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front].”

Aljazeera

Prime Minister of Ethiopia

31 Oct 2021 2 2

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's an important city [Dessie] and people are really under siege, they're just waiting for what's going to happen to them. There was a warning from the leadership of the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] that they were coming to Dessie - and here they are.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

30 Oct 2021 3 3

Selamawit Kassa

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri) which was serving as a training and military command post for the terrorist group TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] has been the target of an air strike.”

Aljazeera

Ethiopian government spokeswoman

24 Oct 2021 4 3

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Ethiopian side keeps saying they are targeting a terrorist organisation that they've declared earlier this year. The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] is saying the Ethiopian government is creating some kind of genocide. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

22 Oct 2021 4 4

Legesse Tulu

Inserted 2 years ago

“There is no reason, or no plan, to strike civilians in Mekelle, which is a part of Ethiopia, and home to our own citizens. This is an absolute lie. It is a total and absolute lie of the TPLF junta [Tigray People's Liberation Front], just to misguide the international community, to create pressure on the Ethiopian state.”

Aljazeera

Head of the Ethiopian government communication service

18 Oct 2021 7 3

Samuel Getachew

Inserted 2 years ago

“There was mobilisation going on. In Amhara region, for instance, it was an open secret - and this is a defining moment that the Ethiopian government has been saying is forthcoming. It is expected to be bloody. The objective [of the Ethiopian government] is to prevent the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] from having a chance to govern Tigray - they just want to kill or eliminate the essence of the TPLF. The Abiy administration has said eliminating the TPLF will become a priority for the government.”

Aljazeera

Independent journalist in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa

11 Oct 2021 6 4

Billene Seyoum

Inserted 2 years ago

“The government of Ethiopia will continue to counter the TPLF's [Tigray People's Liberation Front] destruction, violence and killings in the Amhara region and elsewhere.”

Aljazeera

Spokeswoman for the Ethiopian prime minister’s office

11 Oct 2021 3 3

Billene Seyoum

Inserted 3 years ago

“The Ethiopian National Defense Forces do not have a mission to bombard its own city and people. Mekelle remains one of Ethiopia’s key cities and the efforts to bring to justice the criminal clique will not entail discriminatory 'bombardment' as alluded by TPLF and their propagandists. The safety of Ethiopians in Mekelle and Tigray region continues as priority for the federal government.”

Reuters

Spokeswoman for the Ethiopian prime minister’s office

28 Nov 2020 5 2

Yohannes Woldemariam

Inserted 3 years ago

“We don’t even know if these guys [Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) leadership] are in Mekelle. Tigray is not very big but there are lots of places to hide. It would be very foolish if they are all in a bunker in the city. They are probably scattered, with some kind of communications system, and hiding, looking to transition to a people’s [guerrilla] war.”

Theguardian

US-based academic specialising in the Horn of Africa

26 Nov 2020 4 2

Ahmed Soliman

Inserted 3 years ago

“The conflict could evolve and there is frightening possibility it could become entrenched. Both sides are heavily armed and this could lead to a prolonged insurgent warfare. The impact of the conflict could also continue to spill over into neighbouring countries. Abiy’s ultimatum [on Nov 22nd he gave TPLF forces 72-hour to surrender or face a final military offensive on Mekelle] fits in with the prime minister and federal government’s narrative that they are implementing a law enforcement operation to remove criminal elements from Tigray. The ultimatum is also meant to weaken support for the TPLF amongst the civilians in Tigray and encourage them to leave or support the federal government.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at London-based think-tank, Chatham House

24 Nov 2020 4 1

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“The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] have sustained great losses over the past weeks and hence are claiming 'strategic retreat' to make up for defeat. There are still pockets in the Amhara region in which they remain as well as other fronts they are attempting to open the conflict.”

“In Shewa front, the Mezezo, Molale, Shewa Robit, Rasa and its surroundings have been freed from the terrorist TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front].”

“We believe there is a small window of opening to work with [Olusegun Obasanjo - African Union envoy for the Horn of Africa]. We have engaged with the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] as well.”

“The Ethiopian government continues to accuse the US of siding with the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front]. This comes in addition to plans to cancel a US-Ethiopia trade agreement that creates thousands of jobs in Ethiopia's industrial parts.”

“Our people should march … with any weapon and resources they have to defend, repulse and bury the terrorist TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front].”

“It's an important city [Dessie] and people are really under siege, they're just waiting for what's going to happen to them. There was a warning from the leadership of the TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] that they were coming to Dessie - and here they are.”

“Today the western front of (Mai Tsebri) which was serving as a training and military command post for the terrorist group TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] has been the target of an air strike.”

“The Ethiopian side keeps saying they are targeting a terrorist organisation that they've declared earlier this year. The TPLF [Tigray People's Liberation Front] is saying the Ethiopian government is creating some kind of genocide. There doesn't seem to be an end in sight.”

“The government of Ethiopia will continue to counter the TPLF's [Tigray People's Liberation Front] destruction, violence and killings in the Amhara region and elsewhere.”

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