The US is allegedly responsible for helping Tigrayan rebels during the recently ended civil war in northern Ethiopia, according to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki.
The president alleged that the US hurried the peace agreement between Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in a Sunday interview with local media to stop the rebels from losing on the battlefield.
After a two-year civil conflict that claimed tens of thousands of lives and left millions in desperate need of humanitarian aid, a peace agreement was struck in South Africa in November 2022.
In the interview, Mr. Isaias also made the first admission that the conflict claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, though he made no mention of Eritrean casualties.
Last week, the reclusive leader denied reports that Eritrean troops committed war crimes in neighbouring Ethiopia where they had been deployed to fight alongside federal troops and pro government militia.