Ethiopia is not being ‘dragged into war’
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- A response to Redwan Hussein and Getachew Reda’s misleading opinion article.
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- It distorts the true drivers of instability in the region to shield the federal authorities from international scrutiny.
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A response to Redwan Hussein and Getachew Reda’s misleading opinion article.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A damaged Eritrean military tank is seen near the town of Wikro, Ethiopia, on March 14, 2021 [Baz Ratner/Reuters]The recent opinion article by senior Ethiopian officials Redwan Hussein and Getachew Reda, published on Al Jazeera English’s website, attempts to portray Ethiopia as an innocent victim being reluctantly “dragged” into conflict by external actors. In doing so, the piece seeks to absolve the ruling Prosperity Party of responsibility for Ethiopia’s mounting domestic crises.
More dangerously, this narrative serves as a diplomatic smoke screen designed to normalise the unprovoked hostility, state-sponsored inflammatory rhetoric and aggressive military mobilisations that the Ethiopian government has directed towards Eritrea since late 2023.