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World Service,4 mins
Ethiopia analyst: “This is the most conflict-prone area of the world”
Focus on AfricaAvailable for over a year
Ethiopia analyst Kjetil Tronvoll from Bjorknes University College in Norway talks to Focus on Africa about the federal government’s military operations in Tigray region. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has declared a state of emergency in Tigray, after what he says was an attack by the governing regional party, the TPLF, on a federal military base. (Photo: Tigray region police force officers marching to mark the 45th anniversary of the launching of the "Armed Struggle of the Peoples of Tigray", February 2020; Credit: MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP via Getty Images)
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