Ethiopia (Tigray)

The territorial dispute between Ethiopia's northern Amhara and Tigray regions will be settled through a referendum, the government says. The row has threatened to disrupt the fragile peace following the end of the civil war in Tigray a year ago.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on the United Nations and the international community to "maintain pressure" on the Ethiopian government to ensure justice for victims of atrocities, one year after the end of the Tigray war.

Almost a year after signing the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement, Ethiopia is marred in conflict.

The UN-mandated Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia on Friday released a harrowing report on the “staggering” level of human rights violations and mass killings that have plagued the east African nation since the Tigray conflict erupted in 2020.

Following reports of continued fighting between government troops and local militias in Ethiopia, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is sounding the alarm about the heightened risk of genocide and related atrocity crimes in the Tigray, Amhara, Afar and Oromi regions.

A United Nations investigation into human rights abuses committed during Ethiopia’s Tigray war has been terminated, despite urgent warnings from its members about the risk of future violations in the east African country. [Report]

[…] The Multi-annual Indicative Program (MIP) is intended to focus on three priority issues: a green agenda, human development and peace building. … The EU suspended all budgetary support to Ethiopia three years ago, following the start of open conflict in the country’s Tigray region.

In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed between the country’s Government and forces from the northern Tigray region, UN-appointed independent rights experts said on Monday.

How regional and international actors can help consolidate peace. - Although fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region ceased following the Pretoria agreement of November 2022, peace remains tenuous and spillover conflicts persist in other regions of the country.

In a report released on Monday, Amnesty detailed how Eritrean soldiers extrajudicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women for months after the signing of a peace agreement last year.