The Tigray Peoples Liberation Front is a party that was created in the 1970’s and is the power house of the ruling coalition EPRDF that has been in power since the overthrow of the Derg almost 26 years ago. Since its inception the TPLF’s ideology has been anti- Ethiopian and anti-orthodox which are the two main fabrics that is holding the country together. The TPLF’s hate emanates from the belief that the Tigray people as a minority have been subjugated and discriminated against by the Amhara people who had been ruling the country in the previous centuries. While the TPLF does not give concrete evidence of any documented history that Amhara have subjugating the Tigray people specifically for their race. In fact we see time and time again that the two races cooperated in many instances historically with trade and fighting off common enemies.  These unsubstantiated claims are perhaps propaganda that is used by the TPLF to gain power and to gain the support of the Tigray people.

የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ባለው የውጥረት ሁኔታ ሥጋት ያደረባት መሆኑን የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤቷ ቃል አቀባይ ጃን ኪርቢ ዛሬ ከአሜሪካ ድምፅ ለቀረበላቸው ጥያቄ በሰጡት መልስ አስታውቀዋል፡፡

ጃን ኪርቢ – የዩናይትድ ስቴትስ የውጭ ጉዳይ መሥሪያ ቤት ቃል አቀባይ

The Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday that Ethiopian regime will use the state of emergency to intensify its military crackdown on protesters.
“Now, under the state of emergency – declared on state television – the army will be deployed country-wide. Intensifying the military’s role in responding to the protests is sure to fuel the escalating anger in Oromia,” the Horn of Africa senior researcher with HRW, Felix Horne said.
On October 9, the Ethiopian government declared a nationwide six-month state of emergency. It has been a bloody year for Ethiopia, and the past few weeks have been no different, Horne said in his dispatch.