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Senator Coons warned PM Abiy (before the war broke) about the perils of resorting to military force in Tigray

Nobel Hero to Driver of War, Ethiopia’s Leader Faces Voters

"By early last November, word reached Washington that war was looming in Tigray. Senator Chris Coons, who has a longstanding interest in Africa, phoned Mr. Abiy to warn about the perils of resorting to military force.

Mr. Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, said he reminded the Ethiopian leader that the American Civil War and World War I had started with promises of swift military victory, only to drag on for years and cost millions of lives.

Mr. Abiy was undeterred. “He was confident it would be over in six weeks,” Mr. Coons said. Days later, on the evening of the American presidential election, fighting erupted in Tigray.
Mr. Coons has the call record that he has discussed with Abiy (before the war broke), thus there is enough evidence outside Tigray government records."

Read the article https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/worl ... Ahmed.html