Is war between Ethiopia & Eritrea inevitable?: Mehdi Hasan & Getachew Reda

In 2022, the Pretoria Agreement ended a brutal civilian warfare betwixt the national authorities of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.

Today, the hopes of lasting bid and justness person vanished. Relations betwixt Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s authorities and the TPLF person erstwhile again soured, with galore fearing renewed hostilities.

And relations with neighbouring Eritrea, a federation that fought alongside Ethiopia against the TPLF, person deteriorated, and the countries teeter connected the brink of war.

Getachew Reda was a starring governmental fig successful Tigray, arsenic a spokesperson for the TPLF during the civilian warfare and interim president of Tigray.

After a nationalist falling out, helium claimed determination was deep-seated corruption among the TPLF enactment and joined his erstwhile arch-nemesis, Abiy.

Mehdi Hasan goes head-to-head with Getachew Reda, advisor to Ethiopia’s premier minister, connected his caller confederation with Abiy, and asks whether Ethiopia and Eritrea are headed for war.

Joining the treatment are:
Tsedale Lemma — Editor, The Addis Standard newspaper
Kjetil Tronvoll — Professor of bid and struggle studies, Oslo New University College
Bisrat Lemessa — Founder, Nexus Forum for Research and Dialogue