Äthiopien

[Schneemann]

Aktuelle Entwicklungen: Gegenwärtig scheint es wohl so, dass der Vormarsch der Rebellen sich festgefahren hat. Ob dies nun an der schlechten Logistik, der Distanzen oder dem Widerstand der regierungsloyalen Truppen zu tun hat, ist nicht einwandfrei festzustellen; sicher dürfte sein, dass der Widerstand wohl zugenommen hat.

Ethiopia's Tigray conflict: Why the rest of the world is worried

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is travelling to Kenya, where he will be discussing the conflict in neighbouring Ethiopia. [...] A year into the civil war, which has left a humanitarian crisis in its wake, the chorus of outside concern is getting louder. [...]

At least 400,000 people are facing famine-like conditions in the north, 80% of essential medication is not available and more than two million people have been forced from their homes. The federal government has been accused of deliberately preventing aid from reaching Tigray, which it denies. In addition, there is evidence of unlawful killings, torture and sexual violence committed by both sides. [...]

Ethiopia has also purchased Chinese and Iranian weapons, and flights taking off from the United Arab Emirates are being used to transport them, the defence website Oryx reports. [...] Stable government in Ethiopia has been vital to that relationship. The US has backed it up financially, handing over $4.2bn (£3.1bn) in aid between 2016 and 2020. [...]

Is the capital under threat?

After a series of advances by fighters for the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) along a main highway leading from the north into Addis Ababa, the tension cranked up. [...] Another rebel group allied to the TPLF said they were also getting closer to the capital. The multi-ethnic nature of the city has added to tensions there, with some accusing the authorities of targeting Tigrayans in a series of arrests. But the Tigrayan forces are still more than 300 km from the city - around the town of Kombolcha. [...] "It's not the Taliban marching through Afghanistan and taking town after town without firing a bullet," Tibor Nagy, the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, told the BBC. "Where the TPLF is operating now, there is huge resistance… and it would be a horrendously bloody battle for Addis Ababa."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-59227672

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