This is yet another twist in a war which, since October 2020, has not been stingy. After several weeks marked by a spectacular advance of the Tigray Defense Forces (FDT) in the direction of Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian federal army and its paramilitary auxiliaries are now regaining ground. On Wednesday, the central government announced that it had taken over several localities in the Amhara region, including the highly symbolic one of Lalibela, known for its rock-cut churches, which the Tigrayans had conquered in early August. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, mounted at the front to lead this
"counter-offensive"
, claims an
"unimaginable"
military victory
and promises to
"destroy"
the enemy.
The Tigrayan leaders, for their part, assure that they retreated without fighting to better carry out
"territorial adjustments"
for future
"strategic offensives"
.
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In the short term, this reversal of the situation seems, in any event, to ward off the threat
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