In a televisedstatementonThursday, ArmyChiefofStaffGeneralBahanaJewelerclaimedTedrosAdhanomGabrielIsiswasalsolobbyingtosecurediplomaticsupportforTigrestatesdominantpoliticalparty, whichisfightingfederaltroops.
Beforethen, TigraneshaddominatedEthiopianpoliticsandTedRossandEthiopianof T granddescentservedashealthministerin a formergovernmentcoalitionledbytheTPLF.
Survivorsofthereportedattack, whichwasdocumentedbyhumanrightsgroupAmnestyInternational, saidmilitiasaffiliatedtotheTPLFkilledscoresorevenhundredsofcivilians, someofwhomwerefromtheAmharaethnicgroupDisplaced T grainsinSudanlastweeksaidtheyhadbeentargetedby a governmentaffiliatedmilitiabecauseoftheirethnicity.