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When the Road to Peace is Closed, the Road to Violence is Opened
Tigray today stands at one of the most decisive crossroads in its modern history. The outlawed Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) Above-the-Core warlords have crossed a perilous threshold. By declaring an all-out war, not against a foreign aggressor but against their own people, they have shattered the very covenant that once held Tigray together.
Their actions are not acts of protection. They are acts of betrayal.
They are not defensive measures. They are calculated assaults on the heart of Tigray.
This campaign has been most cruelly directed against the people of Raya and 70 Enderta Zone, and above all, against the rising Tigrayan young generation the generation upon whom the survival and renewal of Tigray depends.
When the gates of peace are deliberately closed by the hands of political bankrupts, the gates of violence are forced open. This bitter idiom is no longer an abstraction. It has become the lived truth of Tigray.
The Bitter Truth
The TPLF Above-the-Core leadership has chosen a suicidal path. In criminalizing peace, in weaponizing internal division, and in directing their guns inward, they have exposed not resilience but decay; not leadership but collapse.
Their declaration of war is not a projection of strength it is the death rattle of a dynasty that has exhausted its legitimacy, squandered its moral authority, and forfeited the trust of its people. Once the architects of Tigray’s political order, they now stand as fugitives from history, incapable of reconciliation and unwilling to embrace renewal.
Their legacy is no longer revolutionary. It is parasitic. Their agenda is not survival. It is the slow, deliberate suffocation of their own people.
The Rebirth of the Tigray People’s Forces (TPF)
Yet, history teaches that in moments of betrayal and darkness, renewal emerges. From the abyss created by the warlords’ failures, a new light has broken through.
The rebirth of the Tigray People’s Forces (TPF) marks the dawn of a transformative chapter in Tigray’s history. Emerging from the shadows of obscurity, the TPF has come forward as the embodiment of renewal, rebirth, and new beginnings.
The TPF is not the continuation of failed ideology.
It is not the recycling of authoritarian dogma.
It is a new emergence born from necessity, shaped by crisis, and driven by the aspirations of the people.
The TPF rises as a formidable force of peace, stability, and neutrality precisely because it has learned from the bitter lessons of the past.
Defending the innocent, not exploiting them.
Building stability, not tearing it apart.
Empowering the young generation, not sacrificing them.
Restoring dignity and unity, not weaponizing fear.
In this rebirth, the TPF has become a mirror of Tigray’s resilience: moving out of the shadows of betrayal into the light of hope, emerging not as an instrument of domination but as the guardian of collective survival.
Why the TPF Has Emerged
The emergence of the TPF is not accidental. It is the product of necessity, forged in the crucible of betrayal and despair. Three deeper forces explain this rebirth:
- The Collapse of Trust in the TPLF Above-the-Core
The warlords squandered decades of sacrifice. They proved incapable of governance, incapable of accountability, and incapable of protecting Tigray from internal decay and external aggression. Their bankruptcy opened a vacuum a void that demanded to be filled by a new force rooted in principle, not privilege. - The Cry of the Young Generation
Tigray’s youth, who endured genocide, displacement, and mass suffering, refuse to accept being sacrificed once again on the altar of failed leadership. Their demand for renewal, peace, and dignity is not negotiable. The TPF embodies their aspirations and channels their willpower into organized defense and constructive stability. - The Civilizational Necessity of Renewal
A nation cannot remain in darkness forever. Tigray’s identity, resilience, and history demand rebirth. Just as past generations rose from adversity, so too has the TPF emerged as a civilizational response an insistence that Tigray will not perish in the hands of warlords, but will be reborn through forces that place peace, justice, and survival above all.
Unprecedented Levels of Renewal
At unprecedented levels, the TPF has begun to redefine the political and security landscape of Tigray. It is no longer merely a military force it is a stabilizing institution, a political corrective, and a moral center of gravity.
Where the TPLF Above-the-Core spreads destruction, the TPF promises reconstruction.
Where the warlords fuel hatred, the TPF seeks reconciliation.
Where the dynasty of failure suffocates, the TPF breathes new life.
This shift is more than political it is civilizational. Tigray can no longer afford to remain hostage to failed elites. The demand for renewal has become existential. The young generation seeks a future that is free, dignified, and secured through peace.
Conclusion: The Road Ahead
The declaration of war by the TPLF Above-the-Core is their final act of self-destruction. It is the closing chapter of a failed legacy. But for Tigray, it marks the opening of a new chapter the rebirth of the TPF.
The TPF emerges not as another faction but as the force of survival, peace, and civilizational renewal. It symbolizes Tigray’s refusal to accept darkness as destiny, and its determination to walk into the light of dignity, unity, and stability.
The future does not belong to the warlords of the past.
It belongs to those who defend peace when violence threatens to dominate.
It belongs to the people of Tigray, led not by failed elites but by the rebirth of a force committed to survival and renewal.
Horn of Africa Geopolitical Review (HAGR)Editorial Board Analysis & Reflection.
