Ethiopia: Ethiopia’s Foretold War Arrives

[African Arguments] No one can claim that a return to war in Tigray and northern Ethiopia is a surprise, but it makes it no less horrifying. In just a handful of days, and after months of spiralling tensions and sporadic fighting, the ‘grey conflict’ the federal government pursued against Tigray has escalated into ”full-blown war,’ in the words of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) vice president Ammanuel Assefa.