Tigray party restores pre-war government in threat to northern Ethiopia peace

Chairman of Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), Debretsion Gebremichael.

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Tigray's main political party reasserted control over the northern Ethiopian region's political administration on Tuesday, following through on a threat to violate a key provision of the deal that ended a civil war with the federal government.

The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) said in a statement it had restored the legislative council that existed before the 2020-2022 civil war and that the council had elected TPLF chair Debretsion Gebremichael as regional president.