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Ethiopia: Finance Ministry Holds Consultative Meeting With Tigray Interim Administration Cabinet Members
ENA, 12 April 2023
Ministry of Finance has held a consultative meeting with Tigray Inclusive Interim Administration Cabinet Members. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Prime Minister 'Appoints' Getachew Reda Head of Tirgay Interim Administration
Addis Standard, 23 March 2023
The Office Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ahmed said PM Abiy has "appointed" Getachew Reda as head of the Interim Regional Administration (IRA) of Tigray regional state. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Prime Minister Appoints Tigrayan Forces Spokesperson As Regional Head
VOA, 23 March 2023
Ethiopia's prime minister has appointed the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front as head of an interim administration in the Tigray region. Read more »
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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Parliament De-Lists TPLF From Terrorist Designation
Addis Standard, 22 March 2023
Members of the Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives (HoPR) during its 6th round, 2nd year, 1st special meeting held today de-listed the terrorist designation. According to… Read more »
Ethiopia Establishes New Tigray Interim Govt
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed the spokesperson of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Getachew Reda, as head of an interim administration in the Tigray region, Addis Standard reports.
Reda's appointment is the latest sign of progress in the peace accord signed on November 2, 2022 - ending the two-year war between the government and the TPLF.
The Twitter message from Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's office on March 23, 2023 also announced that the interim regional administration will be in place until elections are held for the region.
The conflict between Ethiopia and Tigray region escalated into a full-scale war in November 2020. Millions of people were displaced and fled to neighbouring countries such as Sudan. Attempts at an AU-led peaceful resolution were made, with peace talks held in South Africa in October 2022, which ended in a peace deal on November 3, 2022, AllAfrica reports.
The fallout from the war includes a probe by the United Nations, of human rights abuses on the part of the Eritrean army on Tigrayan civilians. Ethiopia and Eritrea on March 22, 2023, slammed the U.S. State Department's report on the war as "defamatory and inflammatory". Calls have also been made for the unblocking of media curbs by the Ethiopian government as the probe commences.
The Ethiopian government has also removed from Tigray from its terrorist list.
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Redwan Hussien and Getachew K Reda (seated), representing the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front, signing the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement in Pretoria.
