In 1991, TPLF annexed the Welkait territory to the Tigray Regional State, and called it West Tigray. Later, in 1995, it tried to legitimize the annexation by introducing Ethiopia’s current constitution, which divided the country into ethnic regions. 1/5 bit.ly/3ym0OEv
The opposition from the Amhara inhabitants of Welkait was swift and fierce. They challenged the unjust annexation of their ancestral lands, and they expressed it through an armed struggle called ‘Keffagn’. 2/5
They also formed a ‘Welkait-Tegede Identity Committee,' and petitioned to regain their rights through constitutional means. 3/5
However, TPLF managed to delay having to take action on the legitimate claim of these long-time residents of the area by arresting and killing the committee leaders, while stalling the just claims by assigning the task of overseeing such tasks to officials it controlled. 4/5
The legal case is still pending in the Upper House of the Ethiopian Parliament. 5/5
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