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Eritrea's president says US backed the TPLF

The United States supported the TPLF, according to Eritrea's president in an interview.

Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki has said that the United States supported the Tigray People's Liberation Front or TPLF in its 2-year war with the Government in Addis. In a long interview, he claimed the US pressed the peace deal to prevent the Tigrayans being defeated.

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