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Ethiopia has issued arrest warrants for more than 40 former senior military officers in connection with the conflict in the restive northern Tigray region.
This is according to a statement issued by the Federal Police Commission on Friday night.
Major General Tsadkan Gebretensay, a former chief of staff of the country’s armed defence forces, is among the senior military officers whose arrest warrants were issued.
Police said that the arrest warrant was issued for at least 40 former Ethiopian Air Force, defence forces and police officers on suspicion of treason and kidnapping of members of the federal defence forces and police who were based in Tigray.
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The Government of Ethiopia today issues arrest warrant for dozens of high-ranking army officers including the former army chief of staff and businessman General Tsadkan Gebretensae.
Before General Samora Muhammad Yunis took his position about two decades ago, General Tsadkan Gebretensae has served as Ethiopian army chief of staff for eleven years starting 1991. After leaving the army General Tsadkan has become one of the tycoons in Ethiopia making millions of dollars as one of the major founders of Raya Brewery, which was sold to BGI Ethiopia for 2.5 billion birr a few years ago.
In March 2020 General Tsadkan Gebretensae has become board chairman of Lion International Bank, one of the sixteen private banks in Ethiopia.
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Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have accused the federal government of partnering with the United Arab Emirates to use weaponized drones stationed in Eritrea. A security analyst tells VOA the drones are in an Eritrean port city but there is no evidence they are being used in the Tigray conflict.
Wim Zwijnenburg, a humanitarian disarmament project leader for PAX, an organization that studies global conflict and researches the use of military technologies, has been analyzing satellite imagery collected by the U.S. company Planet Lab. He determined that drones operated by the UAE are stationed in the Eritrean port city of Assab. The 20-meter wingspan, Chinese-made drones known as the Wing Loong II are capable of dropping bombs or shooting missiles.
Eritrea: No Evidence UAE Drones Used in Tigray
December 10, 2020
Forces in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have accused the federal government of partnering with the United Arab Emirates to use weaponized drones stationed in Eritrea. A security analyst tells VOA the drones are in an Eritrean port city but there is no evidence they are being used in the Tigray conflict.
Wim Zwijnenburg, a humanitarian disarmament project leader for PAX, an organization studying conflict worldwide and research on the use of military technologies, has been studying satellite imagery collected by the U.S. company Planet Lab. He determined that drones operated by the UAE are stationed at the Eritrean port city of Assab. The 20-meter wingspan Chinese-made drones known as the Wing Loong II are capable of dropping bombs or shooting missiles.