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[Sadacha Macca]

''There were many incidents of direct fighting conducted between ALF and TPLF forces.
In 1991, soon after the fall of the Derg regime, both the EPRDF and ALF forces were stationed
in different camps through the Afar region. In the interior portion of the region in which ALF soldiers were dominantly present, there were no EPRDF soldiers with the exception
of some Tigrean settlers surrounding the large scale government owned agricultural
projects organised as a peace and stability committee. One of the committee members Mr Hadgu who was head of the Det Bahiri Agricultural Project killed an Afar due to a personal
quarrel and the Afar instantly killed Mr Hadgu. TPLF soldiers opened fire against the Afar which forced ALF soldiers in the area to fight on the side of the people. This immediately
escalated the situation into an armed dispute among the Afar and Tigre resulting in many casualties. After six months another dispute erupted in Gewane town between Afar
and Tigre traders, in which the TPLF forces stationed in the town attacked the Afar, which again forced ALF forces, who were in Lower Gewane at the time, to support them. Additional TPLF forces from Awash Arba Military Camp moved to Gewane and massacred any
Afar they met in the town including Djiboutian citizens who were in the hotel. Many interviewed Afar still regretfully recognised the Gewane massacre as revenge by the TPLF
forces for Tigreans killed at the Det Bahiri conflict.
Political history of the Afar in Ethiopia and Eritrea
TPLF leaders mistakenly still believe that an economically strong Tigray cannot be established with out incorporating the fertile land and resource rich areas within Tigray region. In order to realize this hidden agenda,
TPLF leaders have two objectives, namely to govern the Afar people by establishing a puppet political organization as well as to destroy ALF and the
Afar people’s traditional institution.
In fact, in May 1994 the TPLF succeeded not only in disintegrating the ALF at a party level but also in penetrating deeply and creating a division between
the two sons of Ali Mirah, the old ally, Hanfare as leader of the ALF and the younger son Omar as leader of the ALF2. The split of the ALF paved the way
for the TPLF cadres to bring in their handmade APDO into the political scene of the region. In the elections of August 1995, it was declared that the APDO won the majority of seats but Hanfare was the one elected as the president
of the new regional government.
However, he held the position from August 1995 to March 1996 till the regional council sacked him in his absence. The APDO chairman and a former
TPLF’s militia, Ismail Ali Siro, succeeded the regional president Hanfare Ali Mirah, son of the Awsean Sultan and a political science graduate from a University in the USA. The EPRDF considered Ismail to be a ‘revolutionary democrat’, a leader who could shoulder the responsibility of realizing socioeconomic transformations of the Afar society with better competence than
any other of the Afar political elites.
On the other hand, political observers in the region who were interviewed claimed that Ismail’s sole qualification for
office was loyalty in addition to his ability to speak Tigrigna.
The APDO is an organization created by the TPLF in its own image in order to counter the Afar resistance during the era of its struggle in the 1970s and 1980s. The traditional hostility among the northern Afar with their
neighboring Tigreans is reflected in the modern day politics that led the Afar to a resistance front named Ugugumo in order to defend itself against the TPLF attacks.''

[Hawzen]

''There were many incidents of direct fighting conducted between ALF and TPLF forces.
In 1991, soon after the fall of the Derg regime, both the EPRDF and ALF forces were stationed
in different camps through the Afar region. In the interior portion of the region in which ALF soldiers were dominantly present, there were no EPRDF soldiers with the exception
of some Tigrean settlers surrounding the large scale government owned agricultural
projects organised as a peace and stability committee. One of the committee members Mr Hadgu who was head of the Det Bahiri Agricultural Project killed an Afar due to a personal
quarrel and the Afar instantly killed Mr Hadgu. TPLF soldiers opened fire against the Afar which forced ALF soldiers in the area to fight on the side of the people. This immediately
escalated the situation into an armed dispute among the Afar and Tigre resulting in many casualties. After six months another dispute erupted in Gewane town between Afar
and Tigre traders, in which the TPLF forces stationed in the town attacked the Afar, which again forced ALF forces, who were in Lower Gewane at the time, to support them. Additional TPLF forces from Awash Arba Military Camp moved to Gewane and massacred any
Afar they met in the town including Djiboutian citizens who were in the hotel. Many interviewed Afar still regretfully recognised the Gewane massacre as revenge by the TPLF
forces for Tigreans killed at the Det Bahiri conflict.
Political history of the Afar in Ethiopia and Eritrea
TPLF leaders mistakenly still believe that an economically strong Tigray cannot be established with out incorporating the fertile land and resource rich areas within Tigray region. In order to realize this hidden agenda,
TPLF leaders have two objectives, namely to govern the Afar people by establishing a puppet political organization as well as to destroy ALF and the
Afar people’s traditional institution.
In fact, in May 1994 the TPLF succeeded not only in disintegrating the ALF at a party level but also in penetrating deeply and creating a division between
the two sons of Ali Mirah, the old ally, Hanfare as leader of the ALF and the younger son Omar as leader of the ALF2. The split of the ALF paved the way
for the TPLF cadres to bring in their handmade APDO into the political scene of the region. In the elections of August 1995, it was declared that the APDO won the majority of seats but Hanfare was the one elected as the president
of the new regional government.
However, he held the position from August 1995 to March 1996 till the regional council sacked him in his absence. The APDO chairman and a former
TPLF’s militia, Ismail Ali Siro, succeeded the regional president Hanfare Ali Mirah, son of the Awsean Sultan and a political science graduate from a University in the USA. The EPRDF considered Ismail to be a ‘revolutionary democrat’, a leader who could shoulder the responsibility of realizing socioeconomic transformations of the Afar society with better competence than
any other of the Afar political elites.
On the other hand, political observers in the region who were interviewed claimed that Ismail’s sole qualification for
office was loyalty in addition to his ability to speak Tigrigna.
The APDO is an organization created by the TPLF in its own image in order to counter the Afar resistance during the era of its struggle in the 1970s and 1980s. The traditional hostility among the northern Afar with their
neighboring Tigreans is reflected in the modern day politics that led the Afar to a resistance front named Ugugumo in order to defend itself against the TPLF attacks.''

Nice reading...

Now we know why the Afar warriors have been fighting against the selfie obsessed TPLF rag tag militias the way they have been fighting with courage and determination.... They have become pain in the as*s for TPLF the terrorist group. I think Afar people have sent a shock to the rest of Ethiopia how tough they are... They only know marching forward.. noway in hel*l fleeing backward.

God bless the Afar warriors aka the desert drones

Dedebit is always dedeb
R.I.P Abay Tigray and TPLF terrorist group