‘Brinkmanship’ cited for break in vital Ethiopia peace signature
Ethiopian government and TPLF representatives sign a peace agreement on November 2, 2022. Ethiopians may this week heave a collective sigh of relief after the government reached a cessation of hostilities agreement with TPLF, signalling an end to a two-year war in the north of the country. PHOTO | PHILL MAGAKOE | AFP
Ethiopians may this week heave a collective sigh of relief after the government reached a cessation of hostilities agreement with the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), signalling an end to a two-year war in the north of the country.
But the deal signed in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, would not have been realised had the parties not seen the “cost” of war, sources told The EastAfrican on Thursday. One of the ‘facts’ tabled before the parties — officials from the Ethiopian government and TPLF representative — was the mounting toll on civilians.
