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"We believe in class cooperation."

Jun 13 , 2020.

Tesfakiros Arefa, political affairs head of Salsawi Weyane Tigray, told the Amharic newspaper Sirara, for its June 1, 2020, edition. He was asked what the ideological difference is between his party and that of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is, the latter of which he said believed in class struggle.


PUBLISHED ON Jun 13,2020 [ VOL 21 , NO 1050]

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