11-06-20 – Crisisgroup Wrote
Ethiopia’s Clash with Tigray: Getting to a Ceasefire and National Dialogue
Aside from the alleged TPLF attack on the military base, the immediate cause of the hostilities was a constitutional dispute over delayed national elections that brought the spat between the federal and Tigray authorities to a head. Given the likely catastrophic consequences of the conflict for both Ethiopia and the region, it is essential that all sides step back and halt hostilities before it is too late.