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Ethiopia: Tigray Starts to Receive Desperately Needed Aid
DW, 15 November 2022
The first aid consignments have started to trickle into Tigray. The deliveries come just days after Ethiopia's government and Tigrayan fighters agreed to allow aid into the region. Read more »
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Ethiopia: More Aid Reaches Tigray Following Cease-Fire
VOA, 16 November 2022
More international aid is arriving in Ethiopia's Tigray region, ending a months-long blockade after the warring sides agreed to a ceasefire. Read more »
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Ethiopia: U.S. Threatens Sanctions If Agreement Not Heeded
Addis Standard, 16 November 2022
A senior U.S. government official told reporters yesterday that the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the federal government and representatives of the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Peace Talks Not About Which Side of Wolkait Should Go to - Abiy
Addis Standard, 15 November 2022
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers this morning that the Permanent Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CoHA) between the federal government and representatives of the Tigray… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Law Designating TPLF As 'Terrorist' Doesn't Prohibit Negotiations: PM Abiy
Addis Standard, 15 November 2022
In his address responding to questions raised by the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoPR) at the ongoing 4th regular session, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told lawmakers that the… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Federal, Tigray Military Commanders Agree to Facilitate Unhindered Humanitarian Access
Addis Standard, 12 November 2022
The top military leadership of the federal army and Tigrayan forces who have concluded a five day meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, have agreed to form a joint committee to "elaborate on… Read more »
Aid Deliveries Resume in Ethiopia's Tigray Province
Two trucks packed with medical items, emergency medicines and surgical equipment arrived at Tigray's main hospital in the regional capital, Mekele, on Tuesday afternoon, Deutsche Welle quotes the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as saying.
Earlier, the Ethiopian government sais aid deliveries to Tigray had resumed. The conflict between the Tigray People's Liberation Front and the Federal government unleashed a humanitarian crisis, with deliveries of food and medicine to the region often blocked by fighting.
The top military leadership of the Federal army and Tigrayan forces agreed to form a joint committee to "elaborate on the modalities for the implementation of comprehensive disarmament, demobilization and reintegration program." [PDF]
The parties also agreed to facilitate unhindered humanitarian access to all in need of assistance in Tigray, and the neighbouring regions, to facilitate the unhindered movement of humanitarian aid workers, and provide security guarantees for humanitarian aid workers and organizations as well as protection of civilians.
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Ethiopia: Resumption of Humanitarian Assistance to Northern Ethiopia
State Department, 12 November 2022
We welcome the commitment to unhindered humanitarian access and clarification of cessation of hostilities implementing arrangements articulated in the Declaration of the Senior… Read more »
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Ethiopia: More Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Mendi, West Wollega - Mounting Civilian Causalities Draw Outcry
Addis Standard, 11 November 2022
Yet another airstrike on Wednesday 09 November by the federal forces has killed dozens of civilians in the town of Mendi, in Mana Sibu district of West Wallaga zone in Oromia… Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopia Disputes Reports On Continued Blockade of Humanitarian Supply to Tigray
Addis Standard, 11 November 2022
Following a statement by the U.S. State Department Bureau of African Affairs on the need for urgent "actions to respect and implement" provisions of unhindered humanitarian aid… Read more »
InFocus
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Ambassador Redwan Hussien, Minister, National Security Advisor of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, posted the official version of the AU-led peace agreement signed betw Read more »
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World leaders are reacting with cautious optimism after the announcement of a peace deal and a ceasefire between warring parties in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region. Read more »
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"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 ... Read more »
