Tigray Interim President Warns IDP Return Plans ‘Bypassing’ Administration Risk Reigniting Conflict  

Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede, President of Tigray’s Interim Administration, has warned that attempts to facilitate the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) to Western Tigray without resolving constitutional questions and working behind the administration risk reigniting conflict. Speaking at the opening of the Ashenda festival in Mekelle on Friday, Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede accused “some of our brothers” of attempting to push through a unilateral return process without the involvement of the Interim Administration. He warned that such moves “are against the interests of the people of Tigray” and risk undermining the region’s constitutional territory and plunging it back into war. (Addis Standard)