Africa International

Ethiopian gov’t, Tigray forces open new round of peace talks, establish hotline

Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives began a new round of talks Monday (7 November) to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Last week, the federal government and Tigray regional forces agreed […]

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Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels offer conditional truce, agree to AU-led peace process

Tigrayan rebels from Ethiopia’s northern region called for an “immediate” cease-fire Sunday (11 September) and said they would accept a peace process with the federal government led by the African Union (AU) after three weeks of renewed fighting ended a fragile truce. In a statement to mark the beginning of the Ethiopian new year, the […]