Ethiopian peace deal calls for disarmament and reintegration of Tigrayan combatants The Ethiopian government and regional forces from Tigray agreed on Wednesday to cease hostilities, a surprise diplomatic breakthrough after nearly two years of war. Following are reactions to the agreement. Ethiopian Human Rights Commission “For sustainable and inclusive peace to be achieved, the adoption […]
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“We’ve agreed to disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of TPLF combatants into society with security considerations.” – Ethiopia National Security Advisor The warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray have agreed to a truce, the African Union’s mediator said Wednesday following marathon talks in South Africa. “The two parties in the Ethiopian conflict […]
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The war between Ethiopia and the TPLF may be coming to an end, but the US is using sanctions to have the final word despite the apparent defeat of its proxy. BY ANN GARRISON | BLACK AGENDA REPORT The Ethiopian and Eritrean armies now seem close to winning a two-year war with the Tigray People’s […]
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“We are ruling out genocide, just because the level of evidence is not enough at the moment” BY AFP | PHILL MAGAKOE The first formal peace talks between the warring sides in the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region went into the second day in South Africa on Wednesday. Led by the African Union […]
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In keeping with its longstanding precedent, established over several decades, the TPLF has spent the last two years repeatedly rebuffing offers for peace and breaking ceasefires. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION Events in the Tigray region of Ethiopia continue to rapidly develop. The TPLF, which started the current third round of military confrontations, continues to face a […]
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TPLF’s illicit War of Insurrection, which could have been terminated early on, if not averted from the outset, was given a long lease of life as the Villain became the Victim in a theatrical, though tragic, role reversal without historical precedence. Media portrayal and broad political discourse on the conflict in the Tigray region of […]
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African Union-led Ethiopia peace talks to open on 24 Oct 2022 in South Africa Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Demeke Mekonnen, briefed today (October 21) Addis Ababa-based diplomats and representatives of international organizations about current developments in Ethiopia. The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister said Ethiopia is ready for the peace negotiations set […]
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These countries cannot feign ignorance and/or claim the moral high ground to pontificate to Eritrea on peace and human rights PRESS RELEASE | EMBASSY OF ERITREA For almost two years now, the US and the EU have desperately tried to downplay and whitewash the TPLF’s high crimes of War of Insurrection with all its security […]
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