After 15 months of a bloody conflict between the central government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF), there are signs that a reconciliation process is emerging in the country. In a letter to Ethiopians on 6 January, on the occasion of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said that “it’s a given that Ethiopia will benefit from reconciliation.” This was accompanied by the release of political leaders who were imprisoned in Ethiopia, including Sebhat Nega, the spiritual father of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front. Meanwhile, in early January, t…