The landmark inclusion of the AU’s Transitional Justice Policy could prove vital to achieving lasting peace. On 2 November, the Federal Government of Ethiopia and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front signed an agreement in Pretoria to end the two-year civil war in the country’s north. Besides committing to a permanent cessation of hostilities and restoration […]
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Addis Abeba — On 01 November, the Ethiopian Food and Drug Authority issued an unusual announcement that it was set to implement a strict control and has directed pharmacies in Ethiopia to restrain from selling tramadol, an opioid medicine used for the short-term relief, as one of over-the-counter medicines to consumers without special prescriptions from […]
Addis Ababa — The World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia disclosed pictures of its staff working together with Ethiopia’s health officials in their emergency response to a Cholera outbreak in Harena Buluk and Berbera woredas of the Bale zone in Southern Oromia. At least nine people have died following the latest outbreak across five districts in […]
Anteneh Desalegn, 41, who was directly affected by the two-year conflict in Northern Ethiopia, is cautiously optimistic that the ceasefire agreement signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) would potentially end the devastating conflict and lead to lasting peace. Desalegn’s hometown, the once-peaceful mountainous town of Sekota in Ethiopia’s Amhara […]
Addis Ababa — United States Agency for International Development (USAID) donated 126 cutting-edge GeneXpert tuberculosis (TB) testing machines worth $3 million (157.7 million Birr) to Ethiopia. A press statement sent to Addis Standard by the US Embassy in Addis Abeba says the donation “will make a significant contribution towards the government of Ethiopia’s efforts to […]
Nairobi — The African Union (AU) has lauded Kenya for playing host to the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) officials to discuss the disarmament process. The officials met in Nairobi on Monday to discuss the disarmament of TPLF forces in accordance with the peace agreement signed in South Africa. “This is a […]
Addis Ababa — Police in Adama, East Shoa zone of the Oromia Regional State, detained three judges of the Oromia Supreme Court, Eastern Criminal Division, without due process of the law, an informant who is close to the matter but asked to remain anonymous told Addis Standard. The Judges Dessaleny Lammii, Mohamed Jimaa and Abdiisaa […]
Human Rights Watch said Friday that a truce reached by Ethiopia and Tigrayan authorities earlier in the week “provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe.” The cessation of hostilities agreement was reached Wednesday after 10 days of talks in Pretoria, South Africa, mediated by […]
Nairobi — Two Years of Conflict Highlights Importance of Justice to End Atrocities The “cessation of hostilities” agreement between Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan authorities announced on November 2, 2022 provides a crucial opportunity for immediate and rigorous international monitoring to avert further atrocities and a humanitarian catastrophe, Human Rights Watch said today. Intensified fighting […]
The increased number of Ethiopians entering Malawi through its porous borders has sparked concerns among migration experts. Malawi’s porous borders are becoming major transit routes for refugees from other African countries such as Ethiopia, migration and human rights experts have said. Last month’s discovery of 30 bodies in a mass grave in a forest in […]
Nairobi — November 4 marks two years since war broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray region between Tigrayan forces and the federal government and its regional allies, including neighboring Eritrea. Analysts say the war has left hundreds of thousands of people dead, millions displaced, and a trail of atrocities and war crimes on both sides. But […]
Addis Abeba — Various diplomats and members of international community have welcomed the signing of cessation of hostilities agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and representatives of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) n South Africa. The warring parties have agreed to cessation of hostilities on Wednesday during conclusion of the AU-led peace talks that […]
Ethiopia’s government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front yesterday agreed to a ceasefire after a week of peace talks in South Africa. The cease-fire would halt a two-year civil war that has devastated much of northern Ethiopia. According to VOA, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who mediated the talks led by the African Union, delivered the […]
World leaders are reacting with cautious optimism after the announcement of a peace deal and a cease-fire between warring parties in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region. It “represents an important step towards peace,” U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. “We applaud the parties in their commitment to peace in reaching this agreement. The United States […]
The main combatants in the two-year Ethiopia-Tigray war have announced a dramatic pause in hostilities. What started on November 3 2020 as a swift armed mission by Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed to bring the rebellious state of Tigray to order soon degenerated into a humanitarian nightmare in which innocent civilians have been killed and […]
An agreement to end the fighting in northern parts of Ethiopia was announced at a press conference in Pretoria by former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who has been mediating peace talks on behalf of the African Union. The full agreement has not been released, but the text of the joint statement was read out with […]
The Federal Government in Addis Ababa and Tigrayan authorities have agreed on a ceasefire. “The two parties in the Ethiopian conflict have formally agreed to the cessation of hostilities as well as the systematic, orderly, smooth and coordinated disarmament,” the African Union mediator in peace talks, former president Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, announced in Pretoria. […]
Addis Abeba — Olusegun Obasanjo, the High Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, announced that AU-led peace talks in South Africa has resulted in agreement of cessation of hostilities between the federal government and Tigrayan authorities. Developing story… . Background Representatives of the federal government and Tigrayan authorities have been locked in […]