Yet the TPLF's fighters make up a superior force with levels of commitment and discipline that the Ethiopian military cannot match - a fact of which Abiy Ahmed is almost certainly aware.
Tigrayans form a small minority in Ethiopia, numbering just six million, and their leaders do not have the personnel to form a large, occupying army.
The war itself is likely to be futile, despite the various claims of victory emanating from Mr Ahmed and Mr Rado.Īs we discovered during our travels, most people outside of Tigray nurse feelings of real contempt for the TPLF, such was their legacy of authoritarian rule when they dominated national politics.Ĭan their forces realistically expect to hold large towns and cities in the neighbouring regions of Amhara and Afar, when the vast majority of people there do not want them? An authoritative illustrated history of World War II complemented by artifacts and stories of those who lived through it from across the globe., Total War.
The historical narrative has barely changed, for this country remains a geographical concept, not a community of men and women bound by common interests.
