The TPLF leaders, like Vladimir Putin, are seeking to return their iron grip on the country, reversing a nation’s democratic transition
A man holds an Ethiopian national flag at a pro-government rally at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on November 7 2021. Picture: TIKSA NEGERI/REUTERS
While this war has rightly drawn global attention, we should not forget that elsewhere others are still engaged in a struggle to secure their democracy, freedom and safety from former dictatorial regimes. In Ethiopia, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front , which held the country in an authoritarian grip for nearly 30 years, continues a military operation against the democratically elected government of Ethiopia.
Throughout this conflict we have also seen a mass propaganda exercise by the TPLF, designed to garner Western support for its insurgency. Even today TPLF propagandists are trying to present themselves as the equivalent of Ukraine in this conflict. And there is a striking similarity between how the two wars have been presented to the world by those who started them. Claims of aggression and threats by democratic governments have been made by both Russia and the TPLF. Both Putin’s cheerleaders and TPLF mouthpieces have made unfounded claims of “genocide”. The only divergence is how successful such propaganda has been.
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