Divided histories, opportunistic alliances: Background notes on the Ethiopian-Eritrean war

Divided histories, opportunistic alliances: Background notes on the Ethiopian-Eritrean war, an article by Richard M. Trivelli

التاريخ المقسم والتحالفات الانتهازية: ملاحظات أساسية حول الحرب الاثيوبية الاريترية ١٩٩٨ ، مقالا بقلم ريتشارد تريفيلي

ويتناول المقال ديناميكية العلاقة بين المتحدثين بالتيجرينية في المرتفعات الإريترية (كبسا) وتيقراي، وحركات التحرر السابقة التي كانو يهيمنون عليها  والتي تحكم إريتريا وإثيوبيا حاليا.

The article examines the dynamics of the relationship between the Tigrinya-speaking people of the Eritrean highlands (Kebesa) and Tigray, and former guerrilla movements dominated by them and currently governing Eritrea and Ethiopia.

In order to understand the historical, socio-psychological, political and eco-nomic dimensions of the current war (1998), one should not limit oneself to reconstructing the events of recent months. One must rather take a look at the relationships which evolved historically between the Tigrinya-speaking people of Eritrea and Tigray in general; how these were acted out and how they influenced the relationship between the Tigray liberation movements TPLF and Tigray Liberation Front (TLF),
and the Eritrean movements Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and EPLF; and how the relationship between Eritrea and Ethiopia (and particularly between Eritrea and Tigray) developed after TPLF and EPLF had come to power in their respective domains.

(Thanks to Rezene Dermas for providing the freely accessible link)

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