The Ethiopian government marked the one-year anniversary of fighting between its forces and rebels in the northern Tigray region by suggesting its military is nearing victory. Urgent global appeals for a cease-fire to the escalating violence, the government said in a statement on Facebook that the Tigray People’s Liberation Front “and its puppets are being encircled by our forces” Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology and Africa Analyst Prof Mammo Muchie unpacks this.
