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U.N. Fears Ethiopia Purging Ethnic Tigrayan Officers From Its Peacekeeping Missions (Foreign Policy)

Post by sarcasm » 22 Feb 2021, 21:12

An internal United Nations document shows concern those troops could face torture or execution.
BY COLUM LYNCH, ROBBIE GRAMER | NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The Ethiopian government has been rounding up ethnic Tigrayan security forces deployed in United Nations and African peacekeeping missions abroad and forcing them onto flights to the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, where it is feared they may face torture or even execution, according to an internal U.N. account.

The moves come as Ethiopia is preparing a military offensive against the capital of the country’s Tigray region, Mekelle. Conflict erupted earlier this month between federal and Tigrayan forces in the ethnically divided nation, which for decades was under de facto rule by the minority Tigrayans. The alarm inside the U.N. suggests that Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, may be expanding the country’s weekslong conflict beyond the country’s borders. It has alarmed human rights advocates and U.N. officials, who fear that the U.N. blue helmets may be persecuted upon their arrival back in Ethiopia.

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Re: U.N. Fears Ethiopia Purging Ethnic Tigrayan Officers From Its Peacekeeping Missions (Foreign Policy)

Post by sesame » 22 Feb 2021, 21:26

After the naked betrayal of the Northern command not just by the political leaders but all Tigray military, it would be suicidal for Ethiopia to keep any Agame in the military. They have destroyed their trustworthiness. But it is not only in the military. Will Ethiopians ever fully trust Tigrayans in the future. It will take time. They have to prove their loyalty, otherwise they will be treated with suspicion wherever they go. They will have to thank the TPLF thugs for that.

The conflict will come to an end sooner or later, but after the dirty campaign that Agames have conducted to besmirch Eritrea's name, Eritreans will always treat Agames as dirt.

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