The August 2024 edition of the IRMO Brief, authored by Dareskedar Taye, deals with the Tigray War and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia caused by the war. The Tigray War began in November 2020 when the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) mobilized regional armed force and its affiliates in the national army, and launched an attack on the Northern Command of the national army of Ethiopia. Tigray war occurred in a frequently drought affected and food insecure areas of the northern Ethiopia, which helped the violence to easily worsen the life conditions of the civilians affected by humanitarian crisis. Subsequent involvement of Eritrea and Sudan marked the regionalization of the Tigray War. The author also analyses how Ethiopia’s Memorandum of Understanding to lease a port in Somaliland could impact the geopolitical landscape of the whole region of the Horn of Africa.
The Horn of Africa in the Face of the Changing Conditions in Ethiopia and the Tigray War
