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On 2 November, Ethiopia’s federal government and leaders of the country’s northern Tigray region agreed to end two years of devastating war.
ABIY AHMED

Pretoria deal gives Ethiopia a chance at lasting peace

All parties must act responsibly to build a solid foundation for peace after signing an agreement on 2 November

  • International Crisis Group
20 min read
An interior view of a hospital, which was allegedly damaged by TPLF rebels, after Ethiopian army took control of Haik and Dessie towns of Amhara city from the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) in Ethiopia on December 14, 2021. (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
ETHIOPIA

The endless, deadly wait for healthcare in Ethiopia

The ceasefire in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has ended in violence. For those without access to medicine, it means more suffering in an overwhelmed health system

  • Liban Mahamad
3 min read
Recruits for reserves of Amhara regional forces march during their graduation ceremony, in the city of Dessie, Ethiopia, on August 24, 2021. – Long confined to Tigray, the conflict in Ethiopia has recently spread to two neighbouring regions, Afar and Amhara, with heavy weapons fire killing an untold number of civilians and displacing hundreds of thousands more. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS/AFP via Getty Images)
ABIY AHMED

UN rights chief decries ‘extreme brutality’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

Michelle Bachelet insisted on the need to bring perpetrators of a vast array of rights abuses to justice

  • Nina Larson
4 min read
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES RIGHTS

UN security council needs A3’s leadership on African crises

International intervention needed in Tigray region of Ethiopia and Anglophone areas of Cameroon

  • Carine Kaneza Nantulya
  • Louis Charbonneau
4 min read
ABIY AHMED

Investigate crimes in Tigray now, or risk a fragmented Ethiopia

For any investigation to be successful, evidence must be collected before it degrades

  • Claire Wilmot
  • Samuel Gebre
17 min read