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Politics & International Relations

TPLF’s annexation of Wolkait, Ethiopia: motivations, strategies, and interests

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Article: 2376859 | Received 30 Oct 2023, Accepted 30 Jun 2024, Published online: 10 Jul 2024

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Figure 1. Map of Wolkait.

Note. The map shows Wolkait and other territories including Telemt and Raya that were annexed by the TPLF during its insurgency in 1970s and 80s. Source: Tedla, W. and Kelklie, M. (2021). Wolkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic Importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF. Horn of Africa Insight, para. 1. Available at https://www.hornafricainsight.org/post/welkait-ethiopia-geo-strategic-importance-and-the-consequential-annexation-by-tplf (Accessed 12 January 2022).

Figure 1. Map of Wolkait.Note. The map shows Wolkait and other territories including Telemt and Raya that were annexed by the TPLF during its insurgency in 1970s and 80s. Source: Tedla, W. and Kelklie, M. (2021). Wolkait, Ethiopia: Geo Strategic Importance and the Consequential Annexation by TPLF. Horn of Africa Insight, para. 1. Available at https://www.hornafricainsight.org/post/welkait-ethiopia-geo-strategic-importance-and-the-consequential-annexation-by-tplf (Accessed 12 January 2022).

Figure 2. British map of ‘Greater Tigrai’.

Note. ‘Greater Tigrai’, depicted in black color in the map, was an independent state conceived by Britain in 1940s by uniting the Christian parts of Eritrea and the Tigray province of Ethiopia. Source: New African Institute (Citation2021). Disinformation in Tigray: Manufacturing Consent for a Secessionist War, p. 2. Available at: https://aepact.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Disinformation-in-Tigray-Manufacturing-Consent-For-a-Secessionist-War.pdf (Accessed 3 September 2022).

Figure 2. British map of ‘Greater Tigrai’.Note. ‘Greater Tigrai’, depicted in black color in the map, was an independent state conceived by Britain in 1940s by uniting the Christian parts of Eritrea and the Tigray province of Ethiopia. Source: New African Institute (Citation2021). Disinformation in Tigray: Manufacturing Consent for a Secessionist War, p. 2. Available at: https://aepact.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Disinformation-in-Tigray-Manufacturing-Consent-For-a-Secessionist-War.pdf (Accessed 3 September 2022).

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