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The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) announced it is reinstating the regional parliament, effectively dissolving the interim administration established by the 2022 Pretoria Agreement. The TPLF accused the federal government of violating the peace accord, withholding funds for civil servants, and provoking armed conflict. Federal advisors condemned the move as a direct repudiation of the post-war political structure. The sudden collapse of the peace deal raises immediate fears of renewed warfare in northern Ethiopia, where the 2020–2022 conflict killed roughly 600,000 people and displaced millions. The TPLF’s move grants hardline factions within both the TPLF and the federal government political capital by reverting to a highly militarized, adversarial posture. Conversely, millions of Ethiopian civilians stand to lose their security and desperately needed humanitarian aid as the region braces for renewed war. The collapse of the Pretoria Agreement threatens to reignite one of the deadliest civil conflicts of the 21st century, risking massive destabilization across the Horn of Africa.
Al Jazeera