April 28, 2022in Commentary, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy Program, In the Media, Latest News, Security studies / counterterrorism By Ann Fitz-Gerald April 28, 2022 Ethiopians of Tigrayan descent, residing both inside and outside of Tigray, have contacted this researcher to request greater scrutiny of grassroots Tigrayan opinion on the ongoing conflict in Northern Ethiopia. These “silenced voices” have been characterized by many Western analysts and English-language media as supportive of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), a vanguard armed group that exercises authoritarian control of both the “Tigray government” and the “Tigray Defense Forces.” Researchers’ access to the Tigray region is carefully controlled by this armed
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