[dehai-news] (ION) ETHIOPIA: Tigrayans at the army top


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From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2008 - 19:08:29 EDT


Source: The Indian Ocean Newsletter

Ethiopia: Tigrayans at the army top
 
the 26th of October, 2008
 
Since the EPRDF came to power in Addis Ababa in 1991, the Ethiopian army
has been dominated by more seasoned Tigrayan officers who are members or
sympathizers of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF, hard core of
the governing coalition). This preeminence was further confirmed by the
promotion of 12 higher officers announced on 2 September by the office
of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
 
So, two of the three major generals promoted to lieutenant general are
Tigrayans (Se'are Mekonnen Yimer and Tadesse Worede Tesfaye). The third,
Bacha Debele Buta is a leader of the Oromo People's Democratic
Organization (OPDO, a member of the governing coalition) suffering from
a serious illness. The only brigadier general to be promoted to the rank
of major general is the Tigrayan Gebrat Ayele.
 
Five of the eight colonels promoted to brigadier general are Tigrayans
(Kinfe Dagnew Gzebre-Silassie, Gebre-Michael Beyene Tedela, Hintsa
Wolde-Giorgis Yohannis, Tekle-Birhan Kahsay Birush and Masho Beyene
Desta). Two others are Amhara (Akele Assaye Asfaw and Wondwosen Teka
Agegnew) while a third (Getachew Gidina Wolbana) is from southern
Ethiopia.
 
Source: The Indian Ocean Newsletter

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