Cost of Ethiopia’s war in Tigray fuels search for a lasting peace

Tigrayans queue for food aid in 2021 at a camp for displaced people.

Tigrayans queue for food aid in 2021 at a camp for displaced people. PHOTO | AFP

The drums of war are no longer as loud in Ethiopia, dimmed but not silenced in part by the cost of the conflict in Tigray as well as continued pressure from international partners and world community.

At the African Union General Assembly in Addis last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said there have been “lessons” from the war in Tigray, which started in November 2020 as a “law enforcement” operation against the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.