A ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people. The Ethiopian government and forces in Tigray have reached a truce to end two years of brutal civil war. The Ethiopian government wants a unified country and Tigrayans want minoritarian rights upheld. The agreement comes as “a big relief” and “there’s hope that the two sides will adhere to the agreement”.
NAIROBI NOVEMBER 5: A ceasefire in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people impacted by the bloody two-year conflict. For some, however, the scars of war are fresh and fear that the peace will not last.
The Ethiopian government and forces in Tigray have reached a truce to end two years of brutal civil war. The new peace deal follows a week of peace talks mediated by the African Union in South Africa. The Ethiopian government wants a unified country and Tigrayans want minoritarian rights upheld, says Adebayo Olukoshi, distinguished research professor at the Wits School of Governance who formerly worked on peace efforts in Tigray with the International IDEA.
The agreement comes as “a big relief” and “there’s hope that the two sides will adhere to the agreement,” Adebayo Olukoshi says.
