When Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into the northern province of Tigray, he thought he could reassert control over the restive region and tighten his grip on Africa’s second-most populous country.
That gamble has backfired.
Eight months later, Tigrayan forces have regained control of the provincial capital and a cease-fire declared by Abiy has yet to be recognized. Thousands are dead and hundreds of thousands more face a famine the conflict has exacerbated.
The months ahead look no easier. Troops from neighboring Eritrea are on Tigrayan soil and have been accused of human-rights abuses, and Sudan has taken the opportunity to seize territory in the northwest. There’s also an increasing chance of bloody inter-ethnic conflict between the Tigrayans and Abiy’s allies from the Amhara region.
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