The long feud between Eritrea and Ethiopia stems from the territorial ambitions of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF). The Tigray regional state of Ethiopia borders Eritrea. The TPLF, governing Ethiopia since 1991, claimed and occupied territory awarded to Eritrea by an international boundary commission. In 2018 Mass protests, primarily in the Oromia region, lead to the TPLF being ousted from governing Ethiopia by their previously subordinate coalition 'partners'. The TPLF remained popular and in power in their home region state of Tigray. The much vaunted peace agreement between the new Prosperity Party (PP) government of Ethiopia and Eritrea, even awarded the Nobel Peace Prize by the morons running the committee, was in reality an alliance of convenience. Interests converged with Eritrea seizing an opportunity to vanquish an old foe once and for all, and The Prosperity Party (PP) government seeking to crush with military force the only opposition governed regional state. Together they launched a war against the TPLF and the regional state of Tigray in 2020. Fighting with exceptional adeptness, the TPLF were able to force the Prosperity Party (PP) government of Ethiopia to negotiate terms in the Pretoria Agreement 2022. Eritrea, dismayed that the Prosperity Party (PP) government of Ethiopia did not persevere to totally destroy the TPLF, ruptured relations with Ethiopia. Further inflamed by revanchist claims about access to the sea by Ethiopia, Eritrea has formed an alliance with the TPLF, and other ethnic based insurgent factions in the Amhara and Oromia regions. Eritrea is primarily seeking to shield itself from direct combat with Ethiopia. Eritrea might be so bold as to use this alliance to topple the Prosperity Party (PP) government of Ethiopia, but the TPLF is engaged in a dual track strategy including attempting to negotiate a place for itself in the existing ruling hierarchy of Ethiopia.
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