Ethiopian civil conflict (2018–present)

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The Ethiopian civil conflict is a series of armed conflicts in Ethiopia that have been ongoing since 2018. In November 2019, three of the four constituent parties of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) approved a merger into the Prosperity Party, while the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) opposed the move. After the 20-year border conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, a decade of internal tensions, two years of protests, and a state of emergency, Hailemariam Desalegn resigned on 15 February 2018 as prime minister and EPRDF chairman, and there were hopes of peace under his successor Abiy Ahmed. However, war broke out in the Tigray Region, with resurgent regional and ethnic factional attacks throughout Ethiopia. The civil wars caused substantial human rights violations, war crimes, and extrajudicial killings. In March 2018, the EPRDF nominated Abiy Ahmed to succeed Desalegn, and he was made Prime Minister by the Ethiopian parliament on April 2. The...

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