Ethiopia Halts Flights to Tigray Amid Escalating Violence, World Watches in Alarm

The Horn of Africa has long been a crucible for global geopolitics, with Ethiopia at its epicenter. A country boasting one of Africa's oldest and most revered empires, the Solomonic dynasty, Ethiopian history is inextricably linked to regional dynamics that have shaped the Horn of Africa into the complex web of alliances, rivalries, and conflicts seen today.

The Pretoria Peace Agreement, signed in November 2022 between the Ethiopian government and Tigrayan rebels, was hailed as a significant breakthrough in the decades-long conflict that has ravaged the region. However, beneath its promise of peace lies a tangled landscape of power struggles, ethnic tensions, and historical grievances that have fueled the ongoing conflict.