Tensions in Tigray are rising: ‘Tampering with internal borders could destabilize all of Ethiopia’

Tensions in Tigray are rising: ‘Tampering with internal borders could destabilize all of Ethiopia’

“It’s a game of shifting alliances, where the enemy of your enemy quickly becomes your friend,” says Emeritus Professor Jan Nyssen, who lived and worked in Tigray for many years. Source: Knack In the Ethiopian region of Tigray, everyone is holding their breath. A new civil war or a border war with Eritrea? It’s far from unimaginable. “It’s a game of shifting alliances, where the enemy of your enemy quickly becomes your friend,” says Emeritus Pro…