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| Africa Horn |
| Ethiopia, TPLF discuss ceasefire implementation |
| 2024-03-13 |
| [AFRICANEWS] Æthiopia and representatives from the regional state of Tigray held talks on Monday aimed at resolving the lingering issues about the implementation of a ceasefire agreement reached in November 2022. The deal signed in Pretoria, South Africa helped end more than two years of deadly fighting. Under the accord, the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) agreed to disarm, demobilize and to hand over heavy weapons to the federal army. Æthiopia would in exchange scale up the provision of humanitarian assistance, remove the presence of foreign forces and fund the reconstruction of war affected areas. But Tigray's leaders have accused Addis Ababa of reneging on the deal and refusing to implement key clauses of the understanding brokered by the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta are mediating the talks. Fighting started in 2020 when TPLF fighters attacked federal troops stationed in Tigray, killing soldiers and stealing weapons. Related: Tigray: 2024-02-10 US calls for investigation into alleged civilian killings in Ethiopia's Amhara region Tigray: 2024-02-04 Not just UNWRA: The Sexual Predators of the WHO Tigray: 2023-12-31 Ethiopia: 91% of Tigray population at risk of starvation, death: Regional president Related: Tigray Peoples Liberation Front: 2021-12-02 Ethiopian Air Force destroys Tekeze hydroelectric dam in Tigray Tigray Peoples Liberation Front: 2020-11-04 Ethiopia: war in the Tigray region Related: Addis Ababa: 2024-03-04 Vietnam-bound Businessman Arrested With Cocaine In Factory-fitted Hidden Part At Abuja Airport Addis Ababa: 2024-02-26 Tagadum, SPLM-N forge committee ahead of Hamdok-Hilu talks Addis Ababa: 2024-02-26 Somalia greenlights defense, economy pact with Türkiye |
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