The flier I was given indicated this was a pro-Ethiopian government protest for the way their Federal troops were handling an attack by TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front) rebels on November 3, 2020.
Tigray is the northern section of Ethiopia and borders Eritrea to the north and Sudan to the west. The November incident led to what became an all-out war in the area. There had been prior wars in the area during the Ethiopian Civil War (1974-1991) and a war between Ethiopia and Eritrea (1998-2018). The latter, over the jurisdiction of the Tigray region, featured a United Nations decision in 2002 to give most of the lant to Eritrea but Ethiopia didn't accept the decision until 2018. Currently, about 40% of Eritrea is under the control of the TPLF.
According to https://borkena.com/2021/03/06/ethiopians-to-stage-a-protest-in-washington-dc-area/ :
Ethiopians living in the Washington Metropolitan areas have organized a huge demonstration on March 10, 2021. The organizers announced it about it in a social media campaign.
What is the purpose?
– To support Ethiopian government’s law enforcement operation against Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces that attacked the Ethiopian Defense Force on November 4.
– To demand Egypt and Sudan to respect Ethiopia’s right to benefit from Abbay River – more than 85% of the water originates from the country. Ethiopia is working on a $4 billion dam project to generate electricity with the aim to provide it to those with no electric power whose number is said to constitute about 65 of the entire population.
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